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Introduction: William Vickrey Jacques Dreze and Richard Arnott; Part I.Social Choice and Allocation Mechanisms: Introduction Kenneth Arrow; 1.Measuring marginal utility by reactions to risk; 2. Utility, strategy andsocial decision rules; 3. Counterspeculation, auctions and competitive sealedtenders; 4. Auctions and bidding games; Part II. Taxation: IntroductionAnthony Atkinson; 5. Averaging of income for income tax purposes; 6.Cumulative averaging after thirty years; 7. An integrated successions tax; 8.Expenditure, capital gains and the basis of progressive taxation; 9. Theproblems of progression; Part III. Marginal Cost Pricing: IntroductionJacques Dreze; 10. Marginal and average cost pricing; 11. Some objections tomarginal cost pricing; 12. Responsive pricing of public utility services; 13.Airline overbooking: some further solutions; Part IV. Pricing UrbanTransportation: Introduction Richard Arnott; 14. A proposal for revising NewYork's subway fare structure; 15. Pricing in urban and suburban transport;16. Congestion theory and transport investment; Part V. Urban Economics:Introduction Richard Arnott; 17. The city as a firm; 18. General and specificfinancing of urban services; 19. The impact on land values of taxingbuilding; Part VI. Macroeconomic Policy: Introduction Jacques Dreze; 20. Theoptimum trend of prices; 21. Design as a market anti-inflation program; 22.Necessary and optimum government debt; 23. Today's tasks for economists; PartVII. Miscellany: Introduction Richard Arnott; 24. Resources distributionpatterns and the classification of families; 25. On the prevention ofgerrymandering; 26. One economist's view of philanthropy; Bibliography ofWilliam Vickrey.