If you have always thought jobs and the environment were at odds with one another, read this book and see that there are very sensible ways to help the environment AND the economy at the same time. See how current tax policies penalize exactly the things we want more of (employment, environmental protection), and subsidize exactly the things we want less of (pollution, pillaging). The authors make their points powerfully and convincingly, yet with a surprisingly light, readable touch. Normally I would never read a book with "tax" in the title, but this is not a typical book. Any thinking citizen should take a look, and anyone interested in government, politics, or activism should read it as soon as possible. It will give you new perspective on how we run our society, and on how we should.

Update: the principles in this book are so impressive that the notion of a tax shift, and a related concept the "feebate", have entered the mainstream political agenda in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It's a persuasive book!

This book is perfect for poolside. Light and enjoyable.
I liked the parts about Turkish man too.

I got this book to read out loud to my children. They seem to enjoy it (after all, Blackwell's story is fascinating and inspiring!), but I have been disappointed. The characters are rather flat, there is a lot of repetition, and the author moralizes a great deal. I have ended up reading only excerpts from it as I can't stand to slog through the whole thing. Although the book has been informative on the barriers that Blackwell overcame and on her accomplishments, I wish there was more social, historical, and medical context.

I read the book " THE FIRST WOMAN DOCTOR, ELIZABETH BLACKWELL MD". I did not really care for the book. I didn't care for it because it was too imformational and it was very dry. It did not have a lot of conversational writing, witch I think that every good book should have. I also found this book predictable. For example, when she applied for colleges to go to, I figured out what was going to happen before it did. I have read other biographies and found that they were quite interesting. Not dry or predictable.

One day I decided I wanted to read a Non Fiction book. When I was looking through my bookcase and I found a book called The First Woman Doctor. I decided to read it because I would like to become a pediatrician some day. I began to read the book and I thought the book had a lot of descriptive words. I could tell that this book was going to be an interesting book.

The book was about a girl named Elizabeth Blackwell who wanted to become a doctor. Unfortunately for her there weren't any medical schools that would let her in because she was a girl. Then the Geneva Medical College let her in because they wanted to play a joke on her. Elizabeth became a doctor and she also gave other girls a chance to become a doctor.

My favorite part of the book was when she finally reached her goal to becoming a doctor. What I really admire was her perseverance to accomplishing the task of becoming the first woman doctor. If it was not for her I think there would still have no women doctors today.