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Tax Is Not a Four-Letter Word : A Different Take on Taxes in Canada /

This is a book that will be of interest to students of public policy and public affairs, economics, and political science and to anyone interested in challenging the conventional wisdom that ever-lower taxes and smaller government are the answers to what ails us."--Pub. desc.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Himelfarb, Jordan, 1981- (Editor ), Himelfarb, Alexander, 1947- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Conversation today. Economic consequences of taxing (and spending)
  • Taxes and transfers in Canada : the federal dimension
  • Taxes and public services
  • Benefits from public services
  • Canadian public opinion on taxes.
  • pt. 2. How we got here. Taxation and the neo-liberal counter-revolution : the Canadian case
  • Brief potted history of Ottawa's tax cut mania
  • Tax cuts and other cheap parlour tricks.
  • pt. 3. Different take on taxes. Toward a fair Canadian tax system
  • Carbon taxes : can a good policy become good politics?
  • How small changes can make a big difference : the case of financial transaction taxes
  • We need to simplify and re-focus the tax system.