{"id":4108,"date":"2020-03-04T13:50:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T18:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/?p=4108"},"modified":"2020-03-04T14:06:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T19:06:21","slug":"course-text-public-finance-and-public-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/content-type\/course-text-public-finance-and-public-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Text: <em> Public Finance and Public Policy <\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Public-Finance-Policy-Jonathan-Gruber\/dp\/1464143331\" title=\"&lt;em&gt;Public Finance and Public Policy &lt;\/em&gt;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t<em>Public Finance and Public Policy <\/em>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h1>\n<h4>\n\t\twritten by Jonathan Gruber\n\t<\/h4>\n\t<p>This book is a required text for ECON 504: Public Economics, one of the core CDE courses taught in the fall. 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