Public finance is a field of economics concerned with paying for collective or governmental activities, and with the administration and design of those activities. The field is often divided into questions of what the government or collective organizations should do or are doing, and questions of how to pay for those activities. The broader term, public economics, and the narrower term, government finance, are also often used.
Government Reference Publication
Excerpt: Location Position Title Name of Incumbent Type of Appt. Pay Plan Level, Grade, or Pay Tenure Expires OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Washington, D.C. ... Attorney General ... John Ashcroft ... PAS EX I ... Do ... Advisor to the Attorney General and White House Liaison. Susan Richmond ... NA ES ... Do ... Chief of Staff ... David T. Ayres ... NA ES ... Do ... Deputy Chief of Staff ... David M. Israelite ... NA ES ... Do ... Counselor to the Attorney General ... D....
Medical Reference Publication
In the 18 years since the World Health Organization (WHO) launched its campaign against tobacco it has become increasingly clear that control of the smoking epidemic is both a health and a political issue. As the evidence has mounted on the dangers to health from using tobacco, the multinational tobacco companies have increased their resistance to measures designed to reduce consumption. Governments are thus caught in a cleft stick between the health needs of their peopl...
Excerpt: Introduction By the Co-Chairs. From the first, Social Security was a work in progress. It remains so now. In 1939, just four years after enactment, the Administration and Congress added major provisions. FDR called for more. As he signed the 1939 Amendments he stated: we must expect a great program of social legislation, as such as is represented in the Social Security Act, to be improved and strengthened in the light of additional experience and understanding. ...
Statistical Reference Document
Introduction: THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT PROGRAM publishes up-to-date aggregate statistics on the financial results and position of U.S. corporations. Based upon an extensive sample survey, the Quarterly Financial Report (QFR) presents estimated statements of income and retained earnings, balance sheets, and related financial and operating ratios for all manufacturing corporations and large mining and trade corporations. The statistical data are classified by industr...
Introduction The indicators of health status in Bolivia have traditionally shown it to be among the poorest in Latin America and in the world, although a per capita income of US$630 (1989) places Bolivia in the group of lower-middle-income countries. The numbers suggest significant problems of distribution or gross inefficiency in the production of social services. These features make Bolivia an interesting case for analysis, in which sources of improvement can be readil...
Excerpt: The Northeast-Midwest Institute is a Washington-based, private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to economic vitality, environmental quality, and regional equity for Northeast and Midwest states. It fulfills its mission by conducting research and analysis, developing and advancing innovative policy, evaluating key federal programs, disseminating information, and highlighting sound economic and environmental technologies and practices.
Excerpt: THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT PROGRAM publishes up-to-date aggregate statistics on the financial results and position of U.S. corporations. Based upon an extensive sample survey, the Quarterly Financial Report (QFR) presents estimated statements of income and retained earnings, balance sheets, and related financial and operating ratios for all manufacturing corporations and large mining and trade corporations. The statistical data are classified by industry and...
Excerpt: One strategy is to provide federal government assistance for commercialization of particular technologies. This idea is based on the belief that the government can correct the effects of market failures. This approach has been tried, usually unsuccessfully, in other countries. Ultimately, the market is the best selector of new technologies.
ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT The OECD is a unique forum where the governments of 30 democracies work together to address the economic, social and environmental challenges of globalisation. The OECD is also at the forefront of efforts to understand and to help governments respond to new developments and concerns, such as corporate governance, the information economy and the challenges of an ageing population. The Organisation provides a setting w...
The Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (CMH) was launched in January 2000 by Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General of the World Health Organization. Its mission was to analyse the impact of health on development and to examine ways in which health-related investments could spur economic development. The Commission worked to develop specific recommendations that would save lives, reduce poverty, and spur economic growth through a scaling up of investments in the he...
Excerpt: ABSTRACT: In October 1993, President Clinton released the U.S. Climate Change Action Plan, a blueprint for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the U.S. (Clinton and Gore, 1993). The plan is designed to reduce emissions of GHGs in the U.S. to 1990 levels by the year 2000 in a cost-effective manner. For landfills, the plan includes actions for increasing the stringency of landfill regulations to control emissions, an outreach program, and expansion of...
Excerpt: Trend monitoring involves long-term monitoring of changes in one or more parameters. As discussed in this guidance, public attitudes, land use, and the use of various urban BMPs are examples of parameters that could be measured with trend monitoring. Isolating the impacts of MMs and BMPs on water quality requires trend monitoring.
Excerpt: The notion of state support for scientific research has existed for centuries; Francis Bacon called for such funding as far back as the early 1600s, and some monarchs and nobles responded to his call. It was not until 1862, however, when the Land Grant Colleges were established, that the United States began to organize and provide federal support for its science and engineering enterprise. Even so, it took until the outbreak of World War II for the Nation to ful...
Government Printing Office publication for the Federal Depository Library:
Descriptions: This document contains information on the issue of science for society.