Tax fairness and folk justice / Steven M. Sheffrin, Executive Director and Professor of Economics, Murphy Institute, Tulane University.

Why have Americans severely limited the estate and gift tax - ostensibly targeted at only the very wealthy - but greatly expanded the subsidies to low-wage workers through the Earned Income Tax Credit, now the single largest poverty program in the country? Why do people hate the property tax so much...

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Main Author:	Sheffrin, Steven M. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Subjects:	Taxation > United States. Taxation > United States > Public opinion. Income distribution > United States. Equality > United States. Fairness.
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139026918
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