The Philosophy of Taxation and Public FinanceMost public finance books are texts, which are aimed at undergraduate or graduate students. They are overly technical in nature and appeal only to a narrow range of bureaucrats and academics. Books on taxation are written for tax practitioners and usually emphasize either what the law is or how to maneuver through the labyrinth of tax law to minimize taxes for clients. Philosophy books on taxation or public finance simply do not exist. The Philosophy of Taxation and Public Finance is different. It is written in nontechnical language and is aimed to appeal to a wide range of readers, including practitioners, academics and students in the fields of taxation, public finance, economics, law, philosophy and political science as well as general readers who are interested in learning why they are being taxed the way they are. The author addresses the major issues and topics in taxation and public finance and injects them with philosophical insights. He discusses questions such as: |
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... private , profit making sector or the voluntary , nonprofit sector ? There are really at least three possibilities . The government solution is only one of at least three options . Actually , there is a fourth option -- do nothing ...
... sector or the nonprofit sector ? The evidence is clear that the private sector can do just about anything better and cheaper than the government . Hundreds of studies have been done on privatizing government services and the evidence ...
... private sector perform maintenance and repair work on Navy ships . The private sector can repair 14 boiler refractories for what it would cost the government to repair just one . These ratios are a little bit extreme , but they serve to ...
... private sector and that we should do away with it , either all of it or most of it . Think of government as an onion . The more government does , the more layers the onion has . Some people want to peel back just a few layers of ...
... Private sector providers should be able to offer the same services that governments offer . And they already do . In the case of police protection , for example , the number of private security guards in the shopping malls in some ...
Contents
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and Abetting Tax Evasion? | 41 |
Christian Views on Tax Evasion | 55 |
Tax Evasion in Islam | 66 |
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10 | 82 |
The Void for Vagueness Doctrine | 89 |
Earmarking Taxes | 162 |
The Supermajority Requirement | 171 |
Should Taxes be Visible or Hidden? | 179 |
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25 | 223 |
The Tax System of a Free Society | 267 |
References 277 | 276 |
Is Tax Competition Harmful? | 105 |
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Name Index | 301 |
Estate Gift and Inheritance Taxes | 309 |