Taxocracy: What You Don't Know About Taxes and How They Rule Your Daily Life

Did you ever wonder why the costs of health care, housing, and college tuition keep going up? Or how your neighbor could afford that fancy electric car? Or why there are so many hard seltzers on the market?



Your first guess might not be "taxes," but they play a big role. We live in a world ruled by taxes-a taxocracy.



History is full of misguided tax policies that led to "see-through" buildings, tax-free attics, three-wheeled cars, women in children's clothing, and baked chips to go along with...