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Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenue
- Tax Follies and Wisdom Through the Ages
- Written by: Michael Keen, Joel Slemrod
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Governments have always struggled to tax in ways that are effective and tolerably fair. Sometimes they fail grotesquely, as when, in 1898, the British ignited a rebellion in Sierra Leone by imposing a tax on huts - and, in repressing it, ended up burning the very huts they intended to tax. Sometimes they succeed astonishingly, as when, in 18th-century Britain, a cut in the tax on tea massively increased revenue. Two leading authorities on taxation provide a fascinating and informative tour through these and many other episodes in tax history, both preposterous and dramatic....
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Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenue
- Tax Follies and Wisdom Through the Ages
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
- Release Date: 11-05-21
- Language: English
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