Poverty or Prosperity?: What Tax is Best for a Flourishing Economy - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845401964 ISBN 13: 9781845401962

Publisher: Imprint Academic, 2010

Synopsis

A collection of essays by leading economists on how different tax regimes affect the overall prosperity of a country. The UK faces shrinking tax revenues and additional public spending demands, while taxpayers, jobs and investment can move to lower cost economies. The authors in this book argue these problems can be surmounted, if the tax system reflects supply and demand, as well as responding to social, cultural and political pressures. Taxes that penalise incentive and hold back economic growth should be avoided, as should those which deter saving and investment, and those which are too complex. Within this framework, it is possible to respond to added pressures to expand public services or for more spending on benefits.

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About the Author

Sheila Lawlor is Director of Politeia, a forum for social and economic thinking that encourages reflection, discussion and debate about the place of the state in the daily lives of men and women across a range of issues from employment and tax to education, health and pensions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Imprint Academic
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1845401964
• ISBN 13: 9781845401962
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128
• Editor: Lawlor Sheila