For Good and Evil, Second Edition
The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization
by Charles AdamsRecords the impact of taxation on events in world history, from ancient Egypt to the present, and concludes that taxation has been a force that has shaped world history and has had a direct bearing on the civilization process.
- Format
- 568 pages, Paperback
- First published
- November 25, 2001
- Publishers
- Madison Books
- Subjects
- History of specific subjects·Taxation·World history·History·World·History·Business·Economics·Finance·General·History·General
- Language
- English
This was a really good book! Extremely interesting (despite the wildly soporific title).
Death and taxes are the two gurantees of life. So why not tackle one of he biggest issues today.
Not that I've read them all, but the readability and sheer volume of interesting tax history and facts makes this the best of any that I have read. Adams explained things I'd heard of, but didn't understand, as well as introducing new information.
About Charles Adams
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