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Rebellion, rascals, and revenue : tax follies and wisdom through the ages /

An 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,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Keen, Michael (Autor), Slemrod, Joel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2021]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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