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Some of Davidson's arguments might reach too far (e.g.--do Americans really have extra children because of the tax deduction? While some people might decide that they couldn't afford a third, fourth child, many people have a specific number of children for reasons largely outside of tax law), but most of his arguments and solutions seem reasonable.
Also, sometimes his cost-benefit analyses seem a bit skewed. He uses the example of reinsulating a church rather than installing a dishwasher and buying reusable mugs for coffee hour, for instance. This seems like a question of scale, though. How much reinsulation could you get done for the cost of a dishwasher?
But this is quibbling. In general, the book is a very gentle, reasonable consciousness-raising text that would be suitable for both public and academic libraries. This would be a good conversation-starter for a book group.½