Only empirical work - analysis based on observation and experience as — Harvey S. Rosen

"Peoples views on how the government should conduct its financial operations are heavily influenced by their political philosophies."

"In this country, the number of individuals on the government payroll certainly underestimates the importance of government."

"It may be worthwhile to spend a few million dollars to determine the efficacy of program that would involve spending billions of dollars."

"A social welfare function is simply a statement of how societys well-being relates to the well- being of its members."

"Some argue that an income tax is unfair because it taxes capital income twice: once when the original income is earned, and again when the investment produces a return."

"In an experiment in Illinois, members of a randomly selected group of unemployed individuals were offered a bonus of $500 if they found a job within 11 weeks and kept that job for four months. On average, people who were offered the bonus received UI for one week less than the control group, and the program saved more on UI benefits than it spent on bonuses."