Martin Daunton: Just Taxes | Taschenbuch

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Beschreibung

In 1914, taxation was about 10 per cent of GNP; by 1979, taxes had risen to almost half of the total national income, and contributed to the rise of Thatcher. Martin Daunton continues the story begun in Trusting Leviathan, offering a unique analysis of the politics of acceptance of huge tax rises after the First World War and asks why it did not provoke the same levels of discontent in Britain as it did on the continent. He further questions why acceptance gave way to hostility at the end of this period. Daunton views taxes as the central driving force for equity or efficiency. As such he provides a detailed discussion of their potential in providing revenue for the state, and their use in shaping the social structure and influencing economic growth. Just Taxes places taxation in its proper place, at the centre of modern British history.

Über den Autor

MARTIN DAUNTON, FBA, is Fellow of Churchill College and Professor of Economic History in the University of Cambridge.

Zusammenfassung

Just Taxes offers a unique analysis of the politics of taxation in the twentieth century. At the outbreak of the First World War, taxation was about 10 per cent of GNP; by 1979, taxes had risen to almost half of the total national income, and had contributed to the rise of Margaret Thatcher. Professor Martin Daunton examines the politics of acceptance and hostility to taxation and asks why this period of huge tax rises did not provoke the same levels of discontent in Britain as it did on the continent.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. The taxing state: an introduction; 2. 'The limits of our taxable capacity': war finance, 1914-1918; 3. 'This hideous war memorial': debt and taxation, 1918-1925; 4. 'Adjusting the particular turns of the different screws': reforming the income tax, 1920-1929; 5. 'The great conflict of modern politics': redistribution, depression and appeasement, 1929-1939; 6. 'The exigency of war': taxation and the Second World War, 1939-1945; 7. 'The mortal blows of taxation': Labour and reconstruction, 1945-1951; 8. 'A most injurious disincentive in our economic system': Conservatives and taxation, 1951-1964; 9. 'Modern and dynamic economic policy': Labour and taxation, 1951-1970; 10. Rethinking taxation policy: from an opportunity state to an enterprise society, 1964-1979; 11. 'Highly defensible ramparts': the politics of local taxation; 12. Conclusion; Appendix: chancellors of the Exchequer and prime ministers, 1908-1983; Bibliography; Index.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2007
Fachbereich:	Volkswirtschaft
Genre:	Importe , Wirtschaft
Rubrik:	Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780521039796
ISBN-10:	0521039797
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Daunton, Martin
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 25 mm
Von/Mit:	Martin Daunton
Erscheinungsdatum:	16.08.2007
Gewicht:	0,685 kg