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Current debates about taxes are dominated by references to foreign models. The contributors to this book explore how ideas about taxation were transferred between and within countries from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. They send out a word of caution to current policymakers looking for straightforward solutions from abroad.
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W. ELLIOT BROWNLEE Professor Emeritus of History, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA MARTIN DAUNTON Professor of Economic History, University of Cambridge, UK ALEXANDER GRAB Professor of History, University of Maine-Orono, USA CHRISTINE LEBEAU Professor of History, University of Paris - Panthéon Sorbonne, France FRANCES M.B. LYNCH Reader in French Studies, University of Westminster, London, UK MIRANDA STEWART Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne Law School, Australia JOSEPH J. THORNDIKE Tax Historian; Analyst, Tax Analysts, Washington, D.C., USA ANDREAS THIER Professor of Law and Legal History, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Summary
Current debates about taxes are dominated by references to foreign models. The contributors to this book explore how ideas about taxation were transferred between and within countries from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. They send out a word of caution to current policymakers looking for straightforward solutions from abroad.
