Tax justice : the ongoing debate /

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Imprint:Washington, D.C. : Urban Institute Press, c2002.
Description:ix, 296 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4862232
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Other authors / contributors:Thorndike, Joseph J.
Ventry, Dennis J.
ISBN:0877667071 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Tax Justice--The Uneasy Debate
  • 1. Equity and the Case for Progressive Taxation
  • 2. Equity versus Efficiency and the U.S. Tax System in Historical Perspective
  • 3. Economic History and the Analysis of "Soaking the Rich" in 20th-Century America
  • 4. Hard Shells of Community: Tax Equity Debates within the National Council of Churches after World War II
  • 5. Endowment and Inequality
  • 6. Why Proportionate Taxation?
  • 7. The Limits of Justice: The Struggle for Tax Justice in the States
  • 8. Property Taxation: Fairness and Popularity, Perceptions and Reality
  • 9. And Equal (Tax) Justice for All?
  • About the Editors
  • About the Contributors
  • Index