Biographical note: KainJohn F.: John F. Kain is Professor of Economics and Professor of City Planning, Harvard University.MeyerJohn R.: John R. Meyer was the James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation Emeritus at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- I. The Tax Expenditure Budget -- II. Some Uses of the Tax Expenditure Budget -- III. The Effects of Tax Expenditures on the Taxes People and Corporations Pay -- IV. Operational Aspects of Tax Expenditures: Tax Deferral and Tax Shelters --...

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE. A PANORAMIC DESCRIPTION AND INTERPRETATION -- I. SYSTEMS OF LAND TAXATION -- II. DOMINANT CONCEPTUAL AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS -- III. REVENUE IMPORTANCE -- PART TWO. MAJOR POLICY GUIDES -- IV. WHY LAND TAXATION? -- V. THE...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables -- CHAPTER I. A Method of Analysis -- CHAPTER II. A Short-Run Model for the Coal Industry -- CHAPTER III. Applications of the Model -- CHAPTER IV. The Optimum Solutions -- CHAPTER V. Measures of Efficiency and Distribution -- CHAPTER VI. Secular...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables -- Illustrations -- CHAPTER I. The Concept of Imperfect Collusion Analyzed -- CHAPTER II. Technological Factors Conditioning Development, Entry, Location, and Market Structure in the American Cement Industry -- CHAPTER III. in Nature of Costs and...

Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PART I -- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER II. THE ROAD BACK TO SANITY -- CHAPTER III. UNDERSTANDING: A PREREQUISITE OF LEADERSHIP -- CHAPTER IV. THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF INDUSTRY -- CHAPTER V. A DISINTERESTED OBSERVER LOOKS AT INDUSTRY...

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER I. WANTS, COST, CHOICE -- CHAPTER II. MARKET PRICING -- CHAPTER III. LABOR AND NORMAL VALUE -- CHAPTER IV. LABOR AND NORMAL VALUE, Continued -- CHAPTER V. RENT AND VALUE: AGRICULTURE -- CHAPTER VI. LAND AS A CONSUMERS' GOOD -- CHAPTER VII. THE...

A sequence of severe shocks has brought inflation back to Europe and America, but unemployment is still at record low levels. Is higher unemployment required to bring inflation down? The challenges are the same for both economies across the Atlantic, the policy tools resemble each other, but...