Comments
"Perhaps the most important quality of a tax system is that citizens consider it fair. Yet agreement on what a just tax would look like is one of the most difficult questions in economics. This book advances knowledge considerably on this controversial topic by providing a variety of new perspectives culled from economics, law, history, and religion."
—William G. Gale
Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy, The Brookings Institution
"As inequalities in wealth and income have widened over the past two decades, renewed attention has been focused on the question of 'tax justice' -- i.e., to what extent, the tax system should be used to redress socioeconomic disparities. This collection brings together leading scholars from law, history and economics to examine the question from several angles. It will no doubt serve as an invaluable resource for anyone interested in examining the justice of the U.S. tax system at the dawn of the 21st century."
—Kirk J. Stark
Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
Tax Justice: The Ongoing Debate, edited by Joseph J. Thorndike and Dennis J. Ventry Jr., is available in paperback from the Urban Institute Press (6" x 9", 296 pages, ISBN 978-0-87766-707-0, $29.50).
