Urban Finance Under Siege

An account of the later years of Tsarism. Witte presents portraits of the statesmen around him, explains the problem of bringing the economy to a level commensurate with Russia's putative position as the greatest land power in the world and the effort to create a constitutional monarchy. Chapter 1 Rethinking Urban Finance in America, Thomas R. Swartz; Chapter 2 The Nation’s Cities: Is History About to Be Repeated?, Katharine C. Lyall; Chapter 3 Property Taxes: Their Past, Present, and Future Place in Government Finance, Dick Netter; Chapter 4 The Outlook for Owner-Occupied Housing in the Year 2000, James R. Follain; Chapter 5 Are City Fiscal Crises on the Horizon?, Andrew Reschovsky; Chapter 6 What Are the Limits of Government? What Are Its Obligations?, William K. Tabb; Chapter 7 The City of Detroit: A Personal Perspective, Frank J. Bonello;