Taxing the rich a history of fiscal fairness in the united states and europe ebook scheve kenneth stasavage david amazonca kindle store. Start by marking taxing the rich a history of fiscal fairness in the united states and europe as want to read start your review of taxing the rich a history of fiscal fairness in the united states and europe write a review aug 30 2016 marks54 rated it really liked it a strange thing happened to me with this book i thought i was looking at a study of the political economy of . Taxing the rich shows how the future of tax reform will depend on whether political and economic conditions allow for new compensatory arguments to be made details specs title taxing the rich a history of fiscal fairness in the united states and europe. Taxing the rich draws on unparalleled evidence from twenty countries over the last two centuries to provide the broadest and most in depth history of progressive taxation available scheve and stasavage explore the intellectual and political debates surrounding the taxation of the wealthy while also providing the most detailed examination to date of when taxes have been levied against the rich . In todays social climate of acknowledged and growing inequality why are there not greater efforts to tax the rich in this wide ranging and provocative book kenneth scheve and david stasavage ask when and why countries tax their wealthiest citizens and their answers may surprise youtaxing the rich draws on unparalleled evidence from twenty countries over the last two