The Myth of Ownership Taxes and Justice |
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| Author:
| Murphy, Liam
Nagel, Thomas |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-517656-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2005 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $57.23AUD $81.95 |
Book Description:
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In a capitalist economy, taxes are the most important instrument by which the political system puts into practice a conception of economic and distributive justice. Taxes arouse strong passions, fueled not only by conflicts of economic self-interest, but by conflicting ideas of fairness.
In a capitalist economy, taxes are the most important instrument by which the political system puts into practice a conception of economic and distributive justice. Taxes arouse strong passions, fueled not only by conflicts of economic self-interest, but by conflicting ideas of fairness.