This study reviews some of the most common measures used to gauge tax burdens (nominal tax rates, tax-to-GDP ratios, average tax rates, marginal effective tax rates) of households and corporations. In addition, it provides some illustrative numbers from various sources on tax ra…
Power and public finance at Rome, 264-49 BCE
by Tan, James
fromOxford studies in early empires
"In the first study of fiscal sociology in the Roman Republic, James Tan argues that much of Roman politics was defined by changes in the fiscal system. Tan offers a new conception of the Roman Republic by showing that imperial profits freed the elite from dependence on citizen …
Wir leben in Deutschland in der scheinbar besten aller Welten, doch schon bald werden wir feststellen, dass wir nicht das reiche Land sind, das uns Medien und Politik glauben machen wollen. Denn der Boom der hiesigen Wirtschaft ist nicht unser Verdienst, sondern in erster Linie …