Tax Justice The Ongoing Debate

Name: Tax Justice The Ongoing Debate
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ISBN: 9780877667070

ISBN-10: 0877667071

ISBN-13: 9780877667070

Edition: 2002

Authors: Joseph J. Thorndike, Dennis J. Ventry, Dennis J. Ventry

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In the 50 years since the publication of Walter Blum and Harry Kalvin's classic "The Uneasy Case for Progressive Taxation," the debate among tax experts has drifted from frank discussion of distributive justice--whether the tax system should be used to address income inequality--towards the less unsettling ideas associated with horizontal equity--which holds that taxpayers with the same income should pay the same amount of taxes. Still, tax justice has remained a prominent fixture of the political debate, as evidenced by vigorous discussion of the "fairness" of recent tax bills, and the longevity of "flat tax" proposals. This volume explores the ongoing debate, offering perspectives on tax…

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List price: $41.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/15/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 306
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Tax Justice--The Uneasy Debate	p. 1
Equity and the Case for Progressive Taxation	p. 9
Equity versus Efficiency and the U.S. Tax System in Historical Perspective	p. 25
Economic History and the Analysis of "Soaking the Rich" in 20th-Century America	p. 71
Hard Shells of Community: Tax Equity Debates within the National Council of Churches after World War II	p. 95
Endowment and Inequality	p. 123
Why Proportionate Taxation?	p. 149
The Limits of Justice: The Struggle for Tax Justice in the States	p. 193
Property Taxation: Fairness and Popularity, Perceptions and Reality	p. 221
And Equal (Tax) Justice for All?	p. 253
About the Editors	p. 285
About the Contributors	p. 287
Index	p. 289
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