Rebellion, rascals, and revenue (Record no. 10142)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780691199542
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 338.9 KEE
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Personal name Michael Keen, Joel Slemrod
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Title Rebellion, rascals, and revenue
Remainder of title tax follies and wisdom through the ages
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Edition statement 1st.
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. Princeton
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Princeton University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2021
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Extent xx, 511p. : Ill.;25cm
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes index
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Governments have always struggled to tax in ways that are effective and tolerably fair. Sometimes they fail grotesquely, as when, in 1898, the British ignited a rebellion in Sierra Leone by imposing a tax on huts - and, in repressing it, ended up burning the very huts they intended to tax. Sometimes they succeed astonishingly, as when, in 18th-century Britain, a cut in the tax on tea massively increased revenue. In this entertaining book, two leading authorities on taxation, Michael Keen and Joel Slemrod, provide a fascinating and informative tour through these and many other episodes in tax history, both preposterous and dramatic - from the plundering described by Herodotus and an Incan tax payable in lice to the (misremembered) Boston Tea Party and the scandals of the Panama Papers. Along the way, listeners meet a colorful cast of tax rascals, and even a few tax heroes.
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        UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dodoma UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dodoma Sustainable Development 01/17/2025   338.9 KEE URD001880 01/31/2025 01/17/2025 Book