Taxing the Rich : : A History of Fiscal Fairness in the United States and Europe /

Taxing the Rich : : A History of Fiscal Fairness in the United States and Europe / / David Stasavage, Kenneth Scheve.

In today's social climate of acknowledged and growing inequality, why are there not greater efforts to tax the rich? In this wide-ranging and provocative book, Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage ask when and why countries tax their wealthiest citizens—and their answers may surprise you.Taxing t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
VerfasserIn:
Scheve, Kenneth,
Stasavage, David,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016]
©2018
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.) :; 20 b/w illus., 3 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part One. Debating Taxation
  • 1. Why Might Governments Tax the Rich?
  • 2. Treating Citizens as Equals
  • Part Two. When Have Governments Taxed The Rich ?
  • 3. The Income Tax over Two Centuries
  • 4. Taxing Inheritance
  • 5. Taxes on the Rich in Context
  • Part Three. Why Have Governments Taxed The Rich ?
  • 6. The Conscription of Wealth
  • 7. The Role of War Technology
  • 8. Why Taxes on the Rich Declined
  • 9. What Future for Taxing the Rich?
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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