Preface -- 1. Taxation in constitutional perspective -- 2. Natural government: a model of Leviathan -- 3. Constraints on base and rate structure -- 4. The taxation of commodities -- 5. Taxation through time: income taxes, capital taxes, and public debt -- 6. Money creation and taxation -- 7. The disposition of public revenues -- 8. The domain of politics -- 9. Open economy, federalism, and taxing authority -- 10. Toward authentic tax reform: prospects and prescriptions -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.