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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Overall Costs of Anti Poverty Programs<br />

US government (fed+state and local) spent $520bn in 2002 on<br />

income-tested programs<br />

About 5% of GDP but 15% of $3.5 Trillion govt budget<br />

(fed+state+local).<br />

About 50% is health care (Medicaid)<br />

Only $100 billion in cash (1% of GDP, or 20% of transfer spending)<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> ()<strong>Part</strong> 5: Income Taxation and Labor Supply 105 / 217

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