1. Outline and critically evaluate TWO of the following explanations of the historic growth in the UKs public expenditure:
i) The Leviathan hypothesis
ii) The fiscal illusion hypothesis
iii) The constitutional decay hypothesis
2. Explain and evaluate the so-called Rawlsian perspective on social justice.
3. “A wealth tax would readily satisfy Adam Smith’s canons of taxation”. Examine the validity of this statement from a 21st Century perspective.
