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OverviewAn engaging and enlightening account of taxation told through lively, dramatic, and sometimes ludicrous stories drawn from around the world and across the ages 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 Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael Keen , Joel SlemrodPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press ISBN: 9780691199542ISBN 10: 069119954 Pages: 536 Publication Date: 06 April 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available ![]() This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsA spry survey of taxes over the course of history. . . . It won't ward off the April tax blues, but it does a fine job of explaining the hows and whys of taxation. * Kirkus Reviews * Author InformationMichael Keen is deputy director of the Fiscal Affairs Department at the International Monetary Fund. Joel Slemrod is professor of economics at the University of Michigan, where he is also Paul W. McCracken Collegiate Professor at the Ross School of Business. Both have been awarded the National Tax Association's Daniel M. Holland Medal for distinguished lifetime contributions to the study and practice of public finance, and both are past presidents of the International Institute of Public Finance. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |