Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- FOREWORD / BERGSON, ABRAM -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: THEORY -- Chapter 1. TAXATION AND DIRECT ECONOMIC CONTROLS -- Chapter 2. TAXATION, INFLATION, AND THE FINANCIAL PLAN -- Chapter 3. ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF TAXATION -- Chapter 4. THE...

The postcommunist transitions produced two very different types of states. The "contractual" state is associated with the countries of Eastern Europe, which moved toward democratic regimes, consensual relations with society, and clear boundaries between political power and economic wealth. The...