PP0802 - Government in a Market Economy

Through the applications in this book, youa ll learn new insights into public policy issues such as: a Hospital waiting lists a Housing affordability a Taxi licensing a HECS as an income contingent loan scheme a Minimum wage laws a Pricing of water and electricity a a Freea off-street parking a And much more! In applying the a economic way of thinkinga to these issues youa ll develop a powerful toolkit that you can apply to new public policy issues as they arise. The third edition of...
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Through the applications in this book, youa ll learn new insights into public policy issues such as: a Hospital waiting lists a Housing affordability a Taxi licensing a HECS as an income contingent loan scheme a Minimum wage laws a Pricing of water and electricity a a Freea off-street parking a And much more! In applying the a economic way of thinkinga to these issues youa ll develop a powerful toolkit that you can apply to new public policy issues as they arise. The third edition of this text was updated in 2011 as the world was still recovering from the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) that began in 2008. The policy mix required to deal with the GFC illustrates the interplay of microeconomics and macroeconomics in the field of public policy. The book has primarily been written as a text for practicing public sector managers who do not have any formal economic education at tertiary level. It has wider potential to be used for courses of varying lengths and can be used in a standard undergraduate Public Economics courses as a supplement to a more traditional textbook on public economics.