| Contents |
Anglo-American regimes -- Creating a modern fiscal state -- The Civil War regime -- The World War I regime -- Roosevelt's regimes -- The era of easy finance -- "Reagan revolution" -- Fiscal consolidation and revival of the old tax regime -- Victory for a retro-liberal regime -- Fiscal paralysis. |
| Abstract |
This authoritative and readable survey is a comprehensive historical overview of federal taxation and fiscal policy in the United States, extending from the era of the American Revolution to the present day. Brownlee relates the principal stages of federal taxation to the crises that led to their adoption, including but not limited to: the formation of the republic, the Civil War, World War I and II, and the challenges to government that took hold during the 1980s. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2016023871 |
| ISBN | 9781107099760 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1107099765 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781107492561 (paperback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1107492564 (paperback : alk. paper) |
