Taxing Ourselves: A Citizen's Guide to the Debate over Taxes

Author:   Joel Slemrod ,  Jon Bakija (Associate Professor of Economics, Williams College)
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
Edition:   fifth edition
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9780262533171


Pages:   560
Publication Date:   02 June 2017
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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"The new edition of a popular guide to the key issues in tax reform, presented in a clear, nontechnical, and unbiased way.To follow the debate over tax reform, the interested citizen is often forced to choose between misleading sound bites and academic treatises. Taxing Ourselves bridges the gap between the oversimplified and the arcane, presenting the key issues clearly and without a political agenda. Tax policy experts Joel Slemrod and Jon Bakija lay out in accessible language what is known and not known about how taxes affect the economy and offer guidelines for evaluating tax systems-both the current tax system and proposals to reform it. This fifth edition has been extensively revised to incorporate the latest data, empirical evidence, and tax law. It offers new material on recent tax reform proposals, expanded coverage of international tax issues, and the latest enforcement initiatives. Offering historical perspectives, outlining the basic criteria by which tax policy should be judged (fairness, economic impact, enforceability), examining proposals for both radical change (replacement of the income tax with a flat tax or consumption tax) and incremental changes to the current system, and concluding with a voter's guide, the book provides readers with enough background to make informed judgments about how we should tax ourselves. Praise for earlier editions ""An excellent book."" -Jeff Medrick, New York Times ""A fair-minded exposition of a politically loaded subject."" -Kirkus Reviews"

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Author:   Joel Slemrod ,  Jon Bakija (Associate Professor of Economics, Williams College)
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:   MIT Press
Edition:   fifth edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
ISBN:  

9780262533171


ISBN 10:   0262533170
Pages:   560
Publication Date:   02 June 2017
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Joel Slemrod is Paul W. McCracken Collegiate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy and Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan, where he is also Director of the Office of Tax Policy Research. Jon Bakija is Professor of Economics at Williams College.

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