The Social Sciences, I Thought, Needed The

The World Is Vast, Beautiful, And Fascinating, Even Awe-inspiring - But Impersonal. It Demands Nothing Of Me, And Allows Me To Demand Nothing Of It.

Maybe We Ought To Have A World In Which Things Are Divided Between People Kind Of Fairly.

Because He Treats The World As Rather Empty And Ignores The Interrelatedness Of All Things (so Stupefying To Thought And Action), Administrative Man Can Make Decisions With Relatively Simple Rules Of Thumb That Do Not Make Impossible Demands Upon His Capacity For Thought.

Human Beings Know A Lot Of Things, Some Of Which Are True, And Apply Them. When We Like The Results, We Call It Wisdom.

Assuming That A Tax Increase Is Necessary, It Is Clearly Preferable To Impose The Additional Cost On Land By Increasing The Land Tax, Rather Than To Increase The Wage Tax - The Two Alternatives Open To The City (of Pittsburgh). It Is The Use And Occupancy Of Property That Creates The Need For The Municipal Services That Appear As The Largest Item In The Budget - Fire And Police Protection, Waste Removal, And Public Works. The Average Increase In Tax Bills Of City Residents Will Be About Twice As Great With Wage Tax Increase Than With A Land Tax Increase.