Taxation: Yesterday and To-morrow.

To-Morrow We'll Be Sober

ToMorrow We'll be Sober. It was not until a SubCommittee on Alcoholism was set up by the World Health Organisation in 1951, that the size of the problem throughout the world became apparent, even to the experts themselves. Hitherto the alcoholic had been hardly worthy of serious scientific study, being regarded by the medical profession as well as by lay people as the subject of moral weakness ...

Yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Empowerment evaluation continues to crystallize central issues for evaluators and the field of evaluation. A highly attended American Evaluation Association conference panel, titled “Empowerment Evaluation and Traditional Evaluation: 10 Years Later,” provided an opportunity to reflect on the evolution of empowerment evaluation. Several of the presentations were expanded and published in the Ame...

The Welfare Effects of Switching from Consumption Taxation to Inflation Taxation in Iran’s Economy

The net effects of switching from consumption taxation to inflation taxation on resource allocation and welfare crucially depend on production externalities. With elastic labor supply, raising inflation taxation decreases leisure, but increases the levels of real consumption, capital, and output. Moreover, this tax switch has two opposing effects on the level of real money balances: A positive ...

To “ Temptation and Taxation ” (

That was yesterday, and (hopefully) yesterday is gone.

In his article, Dr. Edward Foulks describes a series of events which have been acted out, in varying forms, many times on many reservations and in numerous Native villages. Those of us who have worked in the area of Indian mental health have all witnessed and, in some cases, have become involved in such scenarios and debates. The use of research results, data, and interpretation have presented ...