For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization

by Charles Adams

Overview

A sweeping history of taxes from ancient Egypt to today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781568332352
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/17/2001
Series:	Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	568
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.05(h) x 1.19(d)

About the Author

Charles Adams has degrees from Whittier College and UCLA, and is a certified specialist in taxation law. Other books of his include Those Dirty Rotten Taxes: The Tax Revolts that Built America. Adams lives in Buffalo, NY and winters in Phoenix, AZ.

Editorial Reviews

For Good and Evil is, by any measure, a classic. It should be mandatory reading for every politician, economist, historian, and serious adult in the country.

A fascinating...history of tax policy from Babylon to Bibi Anderson.

An acidly witty guide.

This important, timely guide is highly recommended.

From the Publisher

An acidly witty guide.

The Wall Street Journal

For Good and Evil is, by any measure, a classic. It should be mandatory reading for every politician, economist, historian, and serious adult in the country.

Compass Magazine

Adams, a tax attorney, presents the history of taxation from ancient times to the present. He studies tax law and collection procedures in ancient Egypt, Rome, Israel, Asia, Europe, and the United States, describing how taxation played a pivotal role in such earth-shattering events as the fall of Rome, the signing of the Magna Carta, and the American Revolution. The author analyzes lessons learned through study of the past and recommends measures for possible tax reform. The selected bibliography provides an excellent guide to further research. This important, timely study is highly recommended for business and history collections.-- Lucy Heckman, St. John's Univ. Lib., New York

Library Journal