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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... office , and the other at home ( I will re- place them with two copies of For Good and Evil : The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization ) . I consult them frequently for anecdotes of tax folly as well as for bibliographical ...
... office , and the other at home ( I will re- place them with two copies of For Good and Evil : The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization ) . I consult them frequently for anecdotes of tax folly as well as for bibliographical ...
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... office of the pharaoh . The great pharaoh Sesostris I , who ruled around 2000 B.C. , described his office in these words : " For God had made me herdsman of this land , for he knew I would maintain it in order for him . " This order was ...
... office of the pharaoh . The great pharaoh Sesostris I , who ruled around 2000 B.C. , described his office in these words : " For God had made me herdsman of this land , for he knew I would maintain it in order for him . " This order was ...
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... office of the scribes , pleading for a tax abatement . 22 000 nn Taxpayer in the hands of the tax enactor - a taxpayer in the field being roughly handled by the pharaoh's tax gatherers . The Bastinado - a delinquent taxpayer , held by ...
... office of the scribes , pleading for a tax abatement . 22 000 nn Taxpayer in the hands of the tax enactor - a taxpayer in the field being roughly handled by the pharaoh's tax gatherers . The Bastinado - a delinquent taxpayer , held by ...
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... office . These investigators were to check on all field revenue agents to see if they were using false measures , weights , or accounts to cheat taxpayers . Their primary job was to check out taxpayer complaints . Shortly after the ...
... office . These investigators were to check on all field revenue agents to see if they were using false measures , weights , or accounts to cheat taxpayers . Their primary job was to check out taxpayer complaints . Shortly after the ...
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... office , " the Egyptian Foreign Office , which failed to appraise Akhenaten of the inevitable consequences of his neglect of the empire ; perhaps it was his crazy obsession with his religious reforms which caused him to lose all ...
... office , " the Egyptian Foreign Office , which failed to appraise Akhenaten of the inevitable consequences of his neglect of the empire ; perhaps it was his crazy obsession with his religious reforms which caused him to lose all ...
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 |
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