Just Taxes : The Politics of Taxation in Britain, 1914-1979
Martin. Daunton
Bok Engelsk 2002 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2002
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (424 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1 The taxing state: an introduction; 2 'The limits of our taxable capacity': war finance, 1914-1918; 3 'This hideous war memorial': debt and taxation, 1918-1925; The capital levy and Labour; Resisting the income tax and containing the floating debt; A levy on war wealth and the Geddes axe; Industry and the weight of taxation; Indirect taxation; Preserving the fiscal constitution; 4 'Adjusting the particular turns of the different screws': reforming the income tax, 1920-1929. - 'A kind of tax prison': Conservatives in opposition and government, 1964-1974Labour in opposition and power, 1970-1979; 11 'Highly defensible ramparts': the politics of local taxation; 12 Conclusion; Appendix: chancellors of the Exchequer and prime ministers, 1908-1983; Bibliography; Index. - 8 'A most injurious disincentive in our economic system': Conservatives and taxation, 1951-1964'A long, slow grind'; Indirect taxes and export incentives; Profits and the economy; Personal taxation: incentives and savings; Funding welfare and the economic regulator; Modernising the machinery of government; 9 'Modern and dynamic economic policy': Labour and taxation, 1951-1970; Redefining taxation policy, 1951-1964; Labour in office, 1964-1970; 10 Rethinking taxation policy: from an opportunity state to an enterprise society, 1964-1979. - The Royal Commission on the Income Tax: reasserting the fiscal constitutionChurchill at the Treasury, 1924-1929; 5 'The great conflict of modern politics': redistribution, depression and appeasement, 1929-1939; Labour's fiscal policy; Keynes, the Treasury and taxation; Preparing for war; Taxation and distribution; 6 'The exigency of war': taxation and the Second World War, 1939-1945; 7 'The mortal blows of taxation': Labour and reconstruction, 1945-1951; Taxing profits; Capital taxation; Direct and indirect taxes; The limits of fiscal policy. - Just Taxes offers an analysis of the politics of taxation in the twentieth century.
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| Emner | Fiscal policy - History - Great Britain
Taxation - History - Great Britain Fiscal policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. Taxation -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. Vis mer... Law, Politics & Government
Political Science Public Finance skattepolitikk Storbritannia 1900-tallet skatter skattlegging historie |
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| ISBN | 0521039797. - 0521814006
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