For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of CivilizationThe very word taxes sends shivers up spines. Yet very few realize the tremendous impact that taxation has had on civilization. Charles Adams changes that in this newly revised and enlarged edition of his fascinating history. Taxation, says Adams, has been a catalyst of history, a powerful influence on and sometimes the direct cause of many of the famous events that have marched across the world's stage as empires collided and battled for the right to tax the loser. For Good and Evil is the first book to examine how taxation has been a key factor in world events. Like the Rosetta Stone - itself a tax document - the book sheds fresh light onto much of history. |
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Finally , there was a tax to avoid the draft of animals or men into the legions . Since a draft is basically a tax of labor , the tax to avoid the draft was a tax for tax immunity . Gold was the required means of payment ; consequently ...
Finally , there was a tax to avoid the draft of animals or men into the legions . Since a draft is basically a tax of labor , the tax to avoid the draft was a tax for tax immunity . Gold was the required means of payment ; consequently ...
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The offshore world then , is a complex geographical mosaic spread across the face of the globe . It is also a complex financial and legal mosaic , with a vast amount of services to meet the needs of all kinds of people seeking to avoid ...
The offshore world then , is a complex geographical mosaic spread across the face of the globe . It is also a complex financial and legal mosaic , with a vast amount of services to meet the needs of all kinds of people seeking to avoid ...
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The multimillionaire in- dustrialist E. P. Taylor moved to the Bahamas to " avoid Canada's harsh winters . " Everyone really knows he left to avoid Canada's harsh taxes . The tennis champion from Sweden , Bjorn Borg , and his fellow ...
The multimillionaire in- dustrialist E. P. Taylor moved to the Bahamas to " avoid Canada's harsh winters . " Everyone really knows he left to avoid Canada's harsh taxes . The tennis champion from Sweden , Bjorn Borg , and his fellow ...
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Part I | 1 |
From Hanukkahs Glory to Goliaths | 35 |
The Mandate of Heaven | 45 |
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