"Whether you are a friend or a foe of the local property tax, this book needs to be on your shelf. It should be 'must' reading for students of state and local government finance, and especially for practitioners. Some of the nation's most serious thinkers about property taxation come together in this volume to tell a new story about the pros and cons of this old tax. They might not make you a die-hard advocate of the property tax, but they will open your eyes to new ways of thinking about it." -- Roy W. Bahl, Dean and Professor of Economics, School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.