For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of CivilizationMadison Books, 1999 - 541 páginas The 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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... civilization tends to self - destruct from excessive taxation . Third , moderation is an important principle in the design and implementation of any tax system . The principle of mod- eration includes the choice of tax rates and ...
... civilization tends to self - destruct from excessive taxation . Third , moderation is an important principle in the design and implementation of any tax system . The principle of mod- eration includes the choice of tax rates and ...
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... civilization . " The question that first comes to mind is , what kind of a civilization did he buy and for what price ? The tax rate at that time was in the 1 percent to 10 percent range . For this Holmes bought a very stable civilization ...
... civilization . " The question that first comes to mind is , what kind of a civilization did he buy and for what price ? The tax rate at that time was in the 1 percent to 10 percent range . For this Holmes bought a very stable civilization ...
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... civilizations lost from history , of which we know so little if their silent temples and ruins could speak , what tax tales would they tell ? The ancient Mayan civilization , according to one scholar , ended when taxpaying citizens ...
... civilizations lost from history , of which we know so little if their silent temples and ruins could speak , what tax tales would they tell ? The ancient Mayan civilization , according to one scholar , ended when taxpaying citizens ...
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The Mandate of Heaven | 45 |
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The European Dream: How Europe's Vision of the Future is Quietly Eclipsing ... Jeremy Rifkin Pré-visualização indisponível - 2004 |
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| Título | For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization |
| Autor | Charles Adams |
| Edição | 2, ilustrada |
| Editora | Madison Books, 1999 |
| Original de | Universidade de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 17 Ago 2007 |
| ISBN | 1568331231, 9781568331232 |
| Número de páginas | 541 páginas |
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