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For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization (Series; 2) - Hardcover

Adams, Charles

 
9780819186317: For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization (Series; 2)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0819186317 ISBN 13: 9780819186317
Verlag: Madison Books, 1992

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The very word Taxes sends shivers up spines. Yet, very few realize the tremendous impact that taxation has had on civilization. The author changes that in this fascinating history.

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By Charles Adams

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The very word taxes sends shivers up spines. Yet, very few realize the tremendous impact that taxation has had on civilization. Charles Adams changes that in this fascinating history. Taxation, says Mr. Adams, has been a catalyst of history, the powerful influence if not the direct cause of many of the famous events of history that have marched across the world's stage as empires collided and battled for the right to tax the loser. For Good and Evil is the first book to examine how taxation has been a key factor in world events. Like the Rosetta Stone - a tax document - the book sheds fresh light onto much of history. Did you know that biblical Israel split after Solomon's death because his son refused to cut taxes? That Rome rose to greatness due to a liberal tax regime but declined under corrupt and inefficient ones? That in Britain, Lady Godiva made her famous ride as a tax protest? That in Switzerland William Tell shot the apple off his son's head as punishment for tax resistance? Or that Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired, was a Customs House? Combining facts with thought-provoking comment he frequently draws parallels between tax events of the past and those of the present. Finding fault with the way Western civilization is taxed, Adams provides ideas for curing those faults by using the valuable lessons that history has taught. The special value of this refreshing new look at history lies in the lessons to be drawn by all thinking taxpayers. "Taxes are the fuel that makes civilization run, but how we tax and spend determines to a large extent whether we are prosperous or poor, free or enslaved, and most importantly, good or evil". Once you read ForGood and Evil, you'll never feel the same about taxes!

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Verlag
Madison Books
Erscheinungsdatum
1992
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0819186317
ISBN 13 
9780819186317
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
318
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Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV
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