| Description |
ix, 296 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Tax Justice - The Uneasy Debate / Joseph J. Thorndike and Dennis J. Ventry, Jr. -- 1. Equity and the Case for Progressive Taxation / Richard A. Musgrave -- 2. Equity versus Efficiency and the U.S. Tax System in Historical Perspective / Dennis J. Ventry, Jr. -- 3. Economic History and the Analysis of "Soaking the Rich" in 20th-Century America / W. Elliot Brownlee -- 4. Hard Shells of Community: Tax Equity Debates within the National Council of Churches after World War II / Carolyn C. Jones -- 5. Endowment and Inequality / Daniel Shaviro -- 6. Why Proportionate Taxation? / Barbara H. Fried -- 7. The Limits of Justice: The Struggle for Tax Justice in the States / David Brunori -- 8. Property Taxation: Fairness and Popularity, Perceptions and Reality / Joan M. Youngman -- 9. And Equal (Tax) Justice for All? / C. Eugene Steuerle |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Tax incidence -- United States.
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Taxation -- United States.
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| Author |
Thorndike, Joseph J.
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Ventry, Dennis J.
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| LC no. |
2002009712 |
| ISBN |
0877667071 |
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