Opinions of Theorists about Public Finance and Their Reflection on the Development of the Economy and the State

Abstract

As a science of economics, public finance uses theories and methods to explain government programs and policies that flow in this area. The paper analyses the views of contemporary theorists, aiming to show how economists at different times gave their opinions on the categories of public finance. The theorists with the most popular views on modern finance and economics are Barro, Zuckerman, Friedman, Samuelson, Tanzi, Hyman, Lecciseti, Rosen, Heller, Meltzer, Perotti, Aleksina, Dickinson, Blanchard, Krugman, Corsetti, Rubin, Stiglitz and others. As an object of interest, we find English authors such as Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Ricardo and Mill (1985). In Germany, Malchus, later K. H. Rau, theorists such as Lorenz von Stein, Albert Schafle, Adolf Wanger and others, made a great contribution to the development of public finance. In Italy, we singled out Bandini, Pascoli, Brogi, who contributed to the unified tax system, while Pascoli and Brogi, regarding the tax system according to yields and customer tax. Cossi, Pantheon, Flore, De Viti de Marco and Graziani addressed the relationship between those who pay taxes and the state that provides public services. In France, R. Stourm also contributed to the budget and budget problems, P. Leroy-Beaulieu contributed to the problems of income, expenditure and tax principles against any progressive measures in the imposition of the tax, as well as the theorist Gaston Jèze. In the U.S., in addition to theorists like F. Seligman and Adams, we also notice Keynes's opponents, who were the economists Friedman and Meiselman.

Keywords

• economy
• public finances
• taxes
• budget
• public debt