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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... treasury . Unfortunately , his reform movement failed and with it the two - thousand - year - old Egyptian colonial empire . Eventually , foreigners would dominate Egypt , and in the next thousand years Ancient Egypt 11.
... treasury . Unfortunately , his reform movement failed and with it the two - thousand - year - old Egyptian colonial empire . Eventually , foreigners would dominate Egypt , and in the next thousand years Ancient Egypt 11.
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... treasury and may have accounted for his niggardly payments and gifts to the rulers in the trib- ute territories . When Akhenaten's reforms failed , the new rulers had to tear down his works and even destroy his new capital city . Most ...
... treasury and may have accounted for his niggardly payments and gifts to the rulers in the trib- ute territories . When Akhenaten's reforms failed , the new rulers had to tear down his works and even destroy his new capital city . Most ...
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... treasury and rebellious taxpayers . In such a situation he talked out of both sides of his mouth . The letter Ptolemy and his queen wrote was basically a public rela- tions stunt , and tax history is full of similar examples . In the ...
... treasury and rebellious taxpayers . In such a situation he talked out of both sides of his mouth . The letter Ptolemy and his queen wrote was basically a public rela- tions stunt , and tax history is full of similar examples . In the ...
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... sacred gift , Ptol- emy freed all Jewish slaves in Egypt and paid for their freedom out of his treasury . Jewish loyalties , however , were inclined towards the Seleucid 35 4. Israel's Final Hour: From Hanukkah's Glory to Goliath's Triumph.
... sacred gift , Ptol- emy freed all Jewish slaves in Egypt and paid for their freedom out of his treasury . Jewish loyalties , however , were inclined towards the Seleucid 35 4. Israel's Final Hour: From Hanukkah's Glory to Goliath's Triumph.
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... treasury was empty , so he did what every rapacious ruler has to do - he increased taxes and cre- ated new taxes and then found more ways to drain money from the peo- ple's pockets . Wu Ti increased taxes on merchants fivefold ; on ...
... treasury was empty , so he did what every rapacious ruler has to do - he increased taxes and cre- ated new taxes and then found more ways to drain money from the peo- ple's pockets . Wu Ti increased taxes on merchants fivefold ; on ...
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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