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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... politics , ethics , human rights , and the social sciences as a whole . Whenever taxation has touched civilization , we have ventured in for an examination . Limit- ing our study to a single volume , we have had to simply introduce the ...
... politics , ethics , human rights , and the social sciences as a whole . Whenever taxation has touched civilization , we have ventured in for an examination . Limit- ing our study to a single volume , we have had to simply introduce the ...
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... politics . Empires collided and battled for the right to tax the loser . Peace confer- ences and treaties centered on the question of how much tax the victors would receive . Small nations revolted or engaged in international in- trigue ...
... politics . Empires collided and battled for the right to tax the loser . Peace confer- ences and treaties centered on the question of how much tax the victors would receive . Small nations revolted or engaged in international in- trigue ...
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... political story has been one continuous struggle after another against outrageous taxation . The tax history of the Jews can be divided into three main periods : The Kingdom of Israel , Judah Stands Alone , and The Scattered People ...
... political story has been one continuous struggle after another against outrageous taxation . The tax history of the Jews can be divided into three main periods : The Kingdom of Israel , Judah Stands Alone , and The Scattered People ...
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... political minority , and second , the Egyptians , who controlled the political system. The Jewish historian Josephus , writing nineteen hundred years ago , added this twist to the episode : Mencius , successor to Confucius . The second ...
... political minority , and second , the Egyptians , who controlled the political system. The Jewish historian Josephus , writing nineteen hundred years ago , added this twist to the episode : Mencius , successor to Confucius . The second ...
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... political system , were covet- ous of Jewish wealth . When the pharaoh decided to deal " wisely " with them the modern word would be " shrewdly " -his objective was to steal the wealth of the Jews and curb their growing power . Just how ...
... political system , were covet- ous of Jewish wealth . When the pharaoh decided to deal " wisely " with them the modern word would be " shrewdly " -his objective was to steal the wealth of the Jews and curb their growing power . Just how ...
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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