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Books > Money & Finance > Public finance > Taxation
This book provides insight into the generation of local money for
public education in the United States.
Death and taxes are our inevitable fate. We've been told this since
the beginning of civilisation. But what if we stopped to question
our antiquated system? Is it fair? And is it capable of serving the
needs of our rapidly-changing, modern society? In Daylight Robbery,
Dominic Frisby traces the origins of taxation, from its roots in
the ancient world, through to today. He explores the role of tax in
the formation of our global religions, the part tax played in wars
and revolutions throughout the ages, why, at one stage, we paid tax
for daylight or for growing a beard. Ranging from the despotic to
the absurd, the tax laws of the past reveal so much about how we
got to where we are today and what we can do to build a system fit
for the future. Featured on Stepping up with Nigel Farage 'An
important book for investors in gold and bitcoin' - Daniela
Cambone, Stansberry Research 'This entertaining, surprising,
contrarian book is a tour de force!' - Matt Ridley, author of The
Evolution of Everything 'In this spectacular gallop through
history, Frisby shows how taxation has warped, stunted and thwarted
human progress' - Mark Littlewood, Director General, Institute of
Economic Affairs 'Frisby's historical interpretation and utopian
ideas will outrage Left and Right' - Steve Baker, MP for Wycombe
and Member of the House of Commons Treasury Committee 'Fascinating
book which exposes the political and economic basis of tax. A must
read for those of us who believe in simpler, lower taxes' - Rt Hon
Liz Truss, MP for South West Norfolk, Secretary of State for
International Trade and President of the Board of Trade
This book provides an analysis of the process and outcomes of the
tax reform, with a focus on progressivity, redistribution, and
inequality. Between 1977 and 1986, Spain underwent a comprehensive
tax reform which shaped its fiscal system until today. It was made
in connection with the transition to democracy and indeed was
understood as a fundamental part of the political change. The book
situates the reform both within Spanish history and international
trends in tax systems and connects it to the expansion of the
welfare state and regional decentralization in Spain. The analysis
reveals that the tax system failed to attain progressivity, and
significant levels of fraud had a noticeable impact on inequality.
Because of this, fiscal redistribution remained limited. In the new
political economy of the second globalization, late democratic and
fiscal transitioners were unable to emulate the path of the welfare
state forerunners.
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