Taxing the rich : a history of fiscal fairness in the United States and Europe / Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage.

By:

Scheve, Kenneth F. (Kenneth Frederick) Jr

Contributor(s):

Stasavage, David

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2016.Description: xv, 266 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780691165455
0691165459

Other title:

History of fiscal fairness in the United States and Europe

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

336.226

LOC classification:

HJ 4653 S328t 2016

Contents:

Debating Taxation. Why might governments tax the rich? -- Treating citizens as equals -- When Have Governments Taxed the Rich?. The income tax over two centuries -- Taxing inheritance -- Taxes on the rich in context -- Why Have Governments Taxed the Rich?. The conscription of wealth -- The role of war technology -- Why taxes on the rich declined -- What future for taxing the rich?

Summary: Taxing the Rich draws on unparalleled evidence from twenty countries over the last two centuries to provide the broadest and most in-depth history of progressive taxation available. Scheve and Stasavage explore the intellectual and political debates surrounding the taxation of the wealthy while also providing the most detailed examination to date of when taxes have been levied against the rich and when they haven't. Fairness in debates about taxing the rich has depended on different views of what it means to treat people as equals and whether taxing the rich advances or undermines this norm. Scheve and Stasavage argue that governments don't tax the rich just because inequality is high or rising--they do it when people believe that such taxes compensate for the state unfairly privileging the wealthy. Progressive taxation saw its heyday in the twentieth century, when compensatory arguments for taxing the rich focused on unequal sacrifice in mass warfare. Today, as technology gives rise to wars of more limited mobilization, such arguments are no longer persuasive. Taxing the Rich shows how the future of tax reform will depend on whether political and economic conditions allow for new compensatory arguments to be made

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	HJ 4653 S328t 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000163358

Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-259) and index.

Debating Taxation. Why might governments tax the rich? --
Treating citizens as equals --
When Have Governments Taxed the Rich?. The income tax over two centuries --
Taxing inheritance --
Taxes on the rich in context --
Why Have Governments Taxed the Rich?. The conscription of wealth --
The role of war technology --
Why taxes on the rich declined --
What future for taxing the rich?

Taxing the Rich draws on unparalleled evidence from twenty countries over the last two centuries to provide the broadest and most in-depth history of progressive taxation available. Scheve and Stasavage explore the intellectual and political debates surrounding the taxation of the wealthy while also providing the most detailed examination to date of when taxes have been levied against the rich and when they haven't. Fairness in debates about taxing the rich has depended on different views of what it means to treat people as equals and whether taxing the rich advances or undermines this norm. Scheve and Stasavage argue that governments don't tax the rich just because inequality is high or rising--they do it when people believe that such taxes compensate for the state unfairly privileging the wealthy. Progressive taxation saw its heyday in the twentieth century, when compensatory arguments for taxing the rich focused on unequal sacrifice in mass warfare. Today, as technology gives rise to wars of more limited mobilization, such arguments are no longer persuasive. Taxing the Rich shows how the future of tax reform will depend on whether political and economic conditions allow for new compensatory arguments to be made

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