| Public Finance During the Korean Modernization Process Contributor(s): Bahl, Roy (Author), Kim, Chuk Kyo (Author), Park, Chong Kee (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674722337 ISBN-13: 9780674722330 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $31.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1986 Annotation: In this blistering critique of our failing public schools and our fuzzy thinking about how to fix them, Myron Lieberman explains why public education is in irreversible and terminal decline and tells us what we must do to get American schooling back on track. No other book on educational policy or reform covers such a broad range of issues or draws upon such extensive empirical data across such diverse academic disciplines. This is a refreshingly clear analysis of our educational crisis and a rallying cry for market-system approaches to school reform. Nobody emerges unscathed--Lieberman's analysis challenges the advocates of choice as well as the defenders of the public schools. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Public Finance - Education - Business & Economics | Economics - General |
| Dewey: 336.519 |
| LCCN: 85016346 |
| Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs |
| Physical Information: 1.29" H x 6.32" W x 9.27" (1.45 lbs) 364 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This final volume in the series Studies in the Modernization of the Republic of Korea, 1945-1975, is an analysis of the contribution of tax and expenditure policy to Korea's rapid economic development during the 1953-1975 period. Based upon specially compiled and comprehensive revenue and expenditure data, the authors first trace the history of Korean fiscal policy during the modernization period and then examine how Korea's fiscal development has differed from that of other countries. The results of the analysis show that Korea did not follow the traditional path of a steadily increasing tax effort, reliance on direct taxes, and emphasis on income distribution. Instead, through improved tax administration and expenditure control, the savings rate was increased dramatically. |
