History Of Taxation And Expenditure In The Western World

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Whoir exceedingly thorough new book...Carolyn Webber and Aaron Wildavsky
ook as tar back as deep antiquity, then proceed through the tax history of the ages
wte he preseat..An impressive volume.
The Wall Street Journal
AR l audiA of goverament income and outgo from the earliest periods for which
969 exist te the present day....Their tour-de-force canvass will be available to
evide valuable porspectives on the difficulties ahead."
-Kirkus Reviews
dmirably conceived and executed, the book is a stunning achievement, a model of
lye bistory
James W.Fesler
Cowles Professor Emeritus of Government
Yale University
-The Los Angeles Times Book Review
his distinguished work has illuminated the field of government taxation and
exgenditure with mastery and finality....It will not be replaced in our lifetime."
-Rufus Davis
Emeritus Professor
Monash University
A History of Taxation and Expenditure in the Western World is the first comprehensive history
ever written on the two essential activities of government-taxing and spending.
Sureying how governments through 5,000 years of history-from Mesopotamia to
moderm-day America-have dealt with the problems of deficits, tax revolts, and inequality, the
authers brilliantly illustrate the detailed interplay of technology, politics, and human passions
in providing the economic and political arrangements that sustain the public sector. They
demonstrate how the problems that governments face in mobilizing resources involve the
most critical human concerns, and they provide new answers to perennial questions about
balanced budget ideology and the inability of modern governments to control expenditures
Am authoritative text and chronicle, A History of Taxation and Expenditure in the Western
iarld is indispensable for students and general readers seeking to understand the funda-
mental issues of government finance.
EARCLYN WEBBER is a research associate at the Institute of Urban and Regional Developmen
at the University of California, Berkeley.
AAPON WILDAVSKY is professor of political science and public policy at the University
California, Berkeley where he was dean of the Graduate School of Public Policy. He is t
cO-author, with Nelson Polsby, of the classic Presidential Elections and the author of
Politics of the Budgetary Proces
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Publisherf y
New York