Books by Louis Eisenstein

Dealing with taxation, this title states that the tax system in a democracy is shaped by competing factions, each seeking to minimize its burden. It aims to examine (and debunk) 3 major ideologies, namely, the ideology of ability, the ideology of deterrents, and the ideology of equity, which are used to justify various reforms of the tax system.

This fascinating book chronicles the evolution-or rather devolution-of New York City politics through through the first seven decades of the twentieth century.