Tax Justice: The Ongoing Debate (Urban Institute Press) - Softcover

Thorndike, Joseph J.; Ventry Jr., Dennis J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0877667071 ISBN 13: 9780877667070

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002

Synopsis

Perhaps the most important quality of a tax system is that citizens consider it fair. Yet agreement on what a just tax would look like is one of the most difficult questions in economics. This book advances knowledge considerably on this controversial topic by providing a variety of new perspectives culled from economics, law, history, and religion.

About this title

About the Author:

Joseph J. Thorndike is director of the Tax History Project at Tax Analysts, a visiting scholar in history at the University of Virginia, and a fellow of the George W. Bush Institute. He also teaches tax policy at the Northwestern University School of Law.

Thorndike is a regular columnist for Tax Notes magazine and has also written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Bloomberg, Time.com, the Huffington Post, and various academic journals. He is the author, with Steven A. Bank and Kirk J. Stark, of War and Taxes (Urban Institute Press, 2008) and the editor, with Dennis J. Ventry Jr., of Tax Justice: The Ongoing Debate (Urban Institute Press, 2002).

Review:

"...[A]dvances knowledge considerably on this controversial topic by providing a variety of new perspectives..." -- William G. Gale, Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy, The Brookings Institution

"...[A]n invaluable resource for anyone interested in examining the justice of the U.S. tax system..." -- Kirk J. Stark, Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0877667071
• ISBN 13: 9780877667070
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 306