The textbook by Professors Konstantinos Finokaliotis and Nikolaos Barmpas, "Public Economics," analyzes all recent scientific and legislative developments in taxation and public debt issues. It provides a concise and understandable overview of these two phenomena, with a primary focus on exploring the concept and distinctions of taxation and public debt. The book presents the main types of taxes (income tax, property taxes, consumption taxes, transaction taxes, taxes for Local Government Organizations, customs duties) as well as the main problems of public debt (lenders' attraction clauses, issuance methods, and debt management actions).
The book emphasizes certain economic aspects of the phenomena in a way that is understandable to readers without an economic background, while also attempting to make legal concepts understandable even to readers without a legal background.
Finally, the international dimension of public economics, especially in relation to the public economics of the European Union, holds a significant position in the entire work.