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tinue to have its particular problems based upon its special economic 

 and political needs. Everywhere there will continue to be an attempt 

 to realize the principle of fiscal justice, interpreting it, however, more 

 and more from the point of view of social interrelations rather than 

 from that of individual conditions. The statesmen and scientists 

 alike will find the great difficulty of the future to consist in attaining 

 this due proportion between the undoubted needs of the individual 

 and the consequences of his participation in the social group. For 

 we must not forget that while it is necessary to regard the ultimate 

 results of all fiscal policies, the immediate results are often of primary 

 practical importance. The conflict between immediate and ultimate 

 results is another way of putting the contrast between the individual 

 and social aspects of finance. To realize the truth contained in the 

 latter, without disregarding the legitimate importance of the former, 

 is the problem reserved for the coming decades. 



