1. Corporate Governance mechanisms and strategies
Owners (who act as investors) and managers who have fiduciary responsibility
Mechanisms:
The stock market
Annual meetings
Board of directors
Strategies (Hirschman)
Exit
Voice

2. Macroeconomic policy (chapter 10)
Taxation
Public spending
Money supply

3. Taxation Issues to consider How visible are they?
How socially acceptable are they?
Progressive versus flat
Who pays? (how many people? Is it connected to usage?)
Incentives on the economy and individuals?
How burdensome it is to administer?

4. Taxes Income tax Corporate income Capital gains Estate tax
Social insurance payments
General consumption taxes
Property taxes
Non-tax revenue

5. Public Spending Privatization and contracting out of services
Welfare for business
Tax expenditures
Miscellaneous subsidies

6. Supply of money
Inflation
Exchange rate

7. Total federal revenue by source

8. Federal revenue distribution by source