The Ideologies of Taxation
税收的意识形态
财政学Originally published in 1961, "The Ideologies of Taxation" is a classic of taxation--a long-unavailable volume that remains uniquely applicable today. Louis Eisenstein starts from the idea that the tax system in a democracy is shaped by competing factions, each seeking to minimize its burden. Because few people are convinced by appeals to self-interest, factions must give reasons, which are skillfully elaborated into systems of belief or ideologies.
Eisenstein's aim is to examine (and debunk) three major ideologies used to j