Fundamental questions of economics are: what should be produced, in what way and for whom. The same questions we can put in public economics. Due to differences in concepts of government we can find two different answers for the fundamental questions. The first, machiavellian, highlights private interest in governance. The second answer, by Paul A. Samuelson, accents economic necessity of some governmental services.
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