For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of CivilizationMadison Books, 27/12/1992 - 318 páginas A fascinating history... —Kirkus Reviews ...an acidly witty guide. —Wall Street Journal |
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... gold mine for producers of television series . Ten years later , Charles W. Adams has brought forth on this continent a new history of taxation . For Good and Evil adds both new material and several new chapters to an already impressive ...
... gold mine for producers of television series . Ten years later , Charles W. Adams has brought forth on this continent a new history of taxation . For Good and Evil adds both new material and several new chapters to an already impressive ...
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... gold hidden in the temple acquired since Joseph became chief tax - farmer for Ptolemy . One Jewish contender tried to gain favor from the Greeks by intro- ducing Greek culture in Jerusalem . Pagan idols appeared and a Greek gymnasium ...
... gold hidden in the temple acquired since Joseph became chief tax - farmer for Ptolemy . One Jewish contender tried to gain favor from the Greeks by intro- ducing Greek culture in Jerusalem . Pagan idols appeared and a Greek gymnasium ...
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... gold . There were two brothers contending for the leadership of the Hebrew nation , which at this time was independent and had even gathered in a few small tribute territories of its own . They had a sizeable army and there is no reason ...
... gold . There were two brothers contending for the leadership of the Hebrew nation , which at this time was independent and had even gathered in a few small tribute territories of its own . They had a sizeable army and there is no reason ...
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... gold in the temple at Jerusalem , which was one of the richest depositories in the Roman world . For cen- turies , Jews from all over the world paid an annual tax to their great temple . The temple had become a kind of world bank for ...
... gold in the temple at Jerusalem , which was one of the richest depositories in the Roman world . For cen- turies , Jews from all over the world paid an annual tax to their great temple . The temple had become a kind of world bank for ...
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... gold , and when any noble couldn't make the full payment , he took away their aristocratic status . This was a rather dramatic example of a good , low - tax system going bad in just one generation , like at so many other times in ...
... gold , and when any noble couldn't make the full payment , he took away their aristocratic status . This was a rather dramatic example of a good , low - tax system going bad in just one generation , like at so many other times in ...
Índice
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| 75 | |
The Middle Ages | 129 |
Russia Switzerland Spain and Germany | 167 |
The Ancien Régime | 217 |
After Magna Carta | 239 |
The Rocky Road of Early American Taxation | 297 |
The Monster that Laid the Golden Egg | 345 |
The Foursquare | 481 |
Notes | 485 |
Selected Bibliography | 509 |
Illustration Credits | 521 |
Index | 523 |
About the Author | 541 |
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For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization Charles Adams Pré-visualização limitada - 1993 |
For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization Charles Adams Visualização de excertos - 1993 |
For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization Charles Adams Pré-visualização indisponível - 1994 |
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