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Influence of taxes on the formation of civilization

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Influence of taxes on the formation of civilization
19.99 €
The author has devoted more than 20 years to writing this book, exploring how taxes have influenced the course of history. The book examines key episodes of tax policy in different eras and countries. From ancient Egypt to the present day, the author dissects the methods and justifications used by rulers and governments to rip off their subjects. Taxes are linked to the emergence and disappearance of states and empires; taxation gave rise to the prototypes of today's parliaments. The author deplores the level of modern discussions of taxation, from which the themes, arguments and knowledge developed by the great Enlightenment thinkers, who discussed taxation in connection with despotism and prosperity, and were interested in the good of the whole country rather than in "budgetary efficiency" and the interests of individual industries and groups of people, have completely disappeared.
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