Making the Modern American Fiscal State: Law, Politics, and the Rise of Progressive Taxation, 1877-1929 BISAC-PHI046000 Richard Gere

Richard Gere

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Making the Modern American Fiscal State: Law, Politics, and the Rise of Progressive Taxation, 1877-1929 BISAC-PHI046000 Richard GereAt the turn of the twentieth century, the US system of public finance underwent a dramatic transformation. The late nineteenth century regime of indirect, hidden, partisan, and regressive taxes was eclipsed in the early twentieth century by a direct, transparent, professionally administered, and progressive tax system. In Making the American Fiscal State, Ajay K. Mehrotra uncovers the contested roots and paradoxical consequences of this fundamental