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Equity for students as well as taxpayers is covered to provide a complete perspective for readers. Recognizes the importance of identifying future patterns of school finance in the 21st century. Assignment problems at the end of each chapter have been updated and augmented by website problems, simulations and links that provide real life, current data for students to explore and manipulate. The Economics of Education. Economics and Social Progress.