Unit 1: Economics and Globalization

Lesson 2b: The Economic Role of Government and Government Finance

Assignments: Readings

 

Economic Functions of Goverment

Ch. 4, pp. 90-94, 96-100, (19th, 99-102, 104-108) "Public Goods", "Externalities"

Microeconomics Chapter 16 (found on our Blackboard site): pp 338-346

- Government Finance;
- Federal Finance;
- State and Local Finance;
- Local, State, and Federal Employment;
- Apportioning the Tax Burden;
- The VAT

Lecture Outline

 

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Lesson 2b