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Title Taxing the rich : a history of fiscal fairness in the United States and Europe / Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage.
Author Scheve, Kenneth F., author.
Publisher Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Copyright ©2016


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Description xv, 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN 9780691165455 (hbk.) : £19.95
Note Co-published by the Russell Sage Foundation, New York.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-259) and index.
Contents Why might governments tax the rich? -- Treating citizens as equals -- The income tax over two centuries -- Taxing inheritance -- Taxes on the rich in context -- The conscription of wealth -- The role of war technology -- Why taxes on the rich declined -- What future for taxing the rich?
Library Class Economics YJ553.R6
Subject Rich people -- Taxation -- United States -- History.
Rich people -- Taxation -- Europe -- History.
Income tax -- United States -- History.
Income tax -- Europe -- History.
Wealth -- United States -- History.
Wealth -- Europe -- History.
Other Author Stasavage, David, author.
Russell Sage Foundation, publisher.

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