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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The ancient Jews battled a form of tax terrorism that makes the Islamic extremists look benign . From the ancients there is much we can learn , especially in the matter of human rights . Liberty came from the Greeks who believed that ...
The ancient Jews battled a form of tax terrorism that makes the Islamic extremists look benign . From the ancients there is much we can learn , especially in the matter of human rights . Liberty came from the Greeks who believed that ...
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United States revenue authorities look with frustration at Swiss bank secrecy . They cannot see much virtue in it , let alone what it has to do with liberty . About all they see is the opportunity for Americans to evade taxes .
United States revenue authorities look with frustration at Swiss bank secrecy . They cannot see much virtue in it , let alone what it has to do with liberty . About all they see is the opportunity for Americans to evade taxes .
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In looking for clues , like wise historians , our descendants will take a hard look at our cartoons and caricatures . It was Ralph Waldo Emerson who astutely observed : " Caricatures are often the truest history of the times .
In looking for clues , like wise historians , our descendants will take a hard look at our cartoons and caricatures . It was Ralph Waldo Emerson who astutely observed : " Caricatures are often the truest history of the times .
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Part I | 1 |
From Hanukkahs Glory to Goliaths | 35 |
The Mandate of Heaven | 45 |
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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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