Just Taxes

The Politics of Taxation in Britain, 1914 1979
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-521-81400-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 422 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 836 g

In 1914, taxation was about 10 per cent of GNP; by 1979, taxes had risen to almost half of the total national income, and contributed to the rise of Thatcher. Martin Daunton continues the story begun in Trusting Leviathan, offering an analysis of the politics of acceptance of huge tax rises after the First World War and asks why it did not provoke the same levels of discontent in Britain as it did on the continent. He further questions why acceptance gave way to hostility at the end of this period. Daunton views taxes as the central driving force for equity or efficiency. As such he provides a detailed discussion of their potential in providing revenue for the state, and their use in shaping the social structure and influencing economic growth. Just Taxes places taxation in its proper place, at the centre of modern British history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Daunton, Martin

Daunton, M. J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Öffentliche Finanzwirtschaft, Besteuerung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. The taxing state: an introduction; 2. 'The limits of our taxable capacity': war finance, 1914-1918; 3. 'This hideous war memorial': debt and taxation, 1918-1925; 4. 'Adjusting the particular turns of the different screws': reforming the income tax, 1920-1929; 5. 'The great conflict of modern politics': redistribution, depression and appeasement, 1929-1939; 6. 'The exigency of war': taxation and the Second World War, 1939-1945; 7. 'The mortal blows of taxation': Labour and reconstruction, 1945-1951; 8. 'A most injurious disincentive in our economic system': Conservatives and taxation, 1951-1964; 9. 'Modern and dynamic economic policy': Labour and taxation, 1951-1970; 10. Rethinking taxation policy: from an opportunity state to an enterprise society, 1964-1979; 11. 'Highly defensible ramparts': the politics of local taxation; 12. Conclusion; Appendix: chancellors of the Exchequer and prime ministers, 1908-1983; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Daunton, Martin
MARTIN DAUNTON, FBA, is Fellow of Churchill College and Professor of Economic History in the University of Cambridge.