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In the Weimar Republic, popular culture was the scene of heated controversies that tested the limits of national cohesion. How could marginal figures like a stigmatized villager, a grub street writer, or an advocate for nudism become flashpoints of political conflict?Peter S. Fisher draws on Siegfried Kracauer's trenchant observations on Weimar's contradictions to knit these exemplary stories together. Following his methodology, society's underdogs take center stage, pushing the headline makers into the background.

Abstract. The incentive effects of state and local tax policies in promoting or inhibiting the ownership of farmland by non‐operators are evaluated. Previous research on the economic, social and environmental effects of absentee ownership is reviewed as well as evidence regarding the impact of tax laws on absentee owners versus owner‐operators. The Federal tax laws, it is found, work to increase land prices, reduce entry into farming by young farmers, and increase absentee ownership. State income tax policies may reinforce these effects. Property tax policies, on the other hand, may counteract income tax laws by giving tax relief preferentially to owner‐operators. Several modifications of property tax relief programs are suggested.

This book is the first significant attempt to quantify the development efforts made by state and local governments. The authors' extensive research focuses on tax and incentive policies across the 24 most industrialized states in the United States and a sample of 112 cities from within those states. ; https://research.upjohn.org/up_press/1066/thumbnail.jpg

This book is the first significant attempt to quantify the development efforts made by state and local governments. The authors' extensive research focuses on tax and incentive policies across the 24 most industrialized states in the United States and a sample of 112 cities from within those states. ; https://research.upjohn.org/up_press/1066/thumbnail.jpg

Farmland preservation increasingly is becoming an area of public policy concern. A variety of policy options can be used to slow the conversion of farmland to Ur uses, including direct methods such as zoning, & indirect methods such as tax incentives. The potential of the latter is examined in detail. The two principal objects of the tax incentive approach are: (1) to relieve the tax burden experienced by farmers, & (2) to maintain enough farmland to ensure needed food & fiber. Alternative tax incentive programs are evaluated, with the conclusion that many can achieve the first objective, but none the second. One method discussed is a conveyance tax, equal to the difference between market value for the best nonagricultural use & use value as farmland, but so strong a tax would nullify the land market & lead to a variety of undesirable side effects. Thus, while tax incentives can be used to reduce the tax burden on farmers that may force them to sell, this approach is not desirable as a means for countering the profitability of land conversion. 20 References. Modified AA.