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BEFORE AND AFTER “COST AND CHOICE”

BEFORE AND AFTER “COST AND CHOICE” BEFORE AND AFTER "COST AND CHOICE"0 Giuseppe Eusepi* "In public finance alone, debates over tax incidence, tax capitalization, public debt burden, and the role of cost-benefit analysis can be partially resolved when protagonists accept common concepts of cost". J.M. Buchanan 1. Introduction In a paper destined to be of a great influence among Italian editors of classics in economics, Luigi Einaudi recommended they should not be redundant in the sense that they should not preface classical works with introductions and footnotes with the aim of integrating what the author has omitted or what they think the potential reader does not know. 1 Having in mind Einaudi's suggestions I felt the n e e d to convey impressions and considerations, which stemmed from a faithful and painstaking work such as that required by a translation of a book, to others. In particular, if such a book is difficult, strictly theoretical, it leaves its mark on you, not the least because of its implications on a central practical problem such as public debt whose comprehension gets on if all the steps marked out by the author are considered. Paper originally presented at the European Public Choice Society Meeting, Bergen, Norway, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal des Économistes et des Études Humaines de Gruyter

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de Gruyter
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2194-5799
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10.1515/jeeh-1991-0107
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BEFORE AND AFTER "COST AND CHOICE"0 Giuseppe Eusepi* "In public finance alone, debates over tax incidence, tax capitalization, public debt burden, and the role of cost-benefit analysis can be partially resolved when protagonists accept common concepts of cost". J.M. Buchanan 1. Introduction In a paper destined to be of a great influence among Italian editors of classics in economics, Luigi Einaudi recommended they should not be redundant in the sense that they should not preface classical works with introductions and footnotes with the aim of integrating what the author has omitted or what they think the potential reader does not know. 1 Having in mind Einaudi's suggestions I felt the n e e d to convey impressions and considerations, which stemmed from a faithful and painstaking work such as that required by a translation of a book, to others. In particular, if such a book is difficult, strictly theoretical, it leaves its mark on you, not the least because of its implications on a central practical problem such as public debt whose comprehension gets on if all the steps marked out by the author are considered. Paper originally presented at the European Public Choice Society Meeting, Bergen, Norway,

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Journal des Économistes et des Études Humaines – de Gruyter

Published: Mar 1, 1991

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