Tax and Spend : The Welfare State, Tax Politics, and the Limits of American Liberalism.
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Tax and Spend : The Welfare State, Tax Politics, and the Limits of American Liberalism.
Author:
Michelmore, Molly C.
ISBN:
9780812206746
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (252 pages)
Series:
Politics and Culture in Modern America
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Tax Matters -- Chapter 1. Defending the Welfare and Taxing State -- Chapter 2. Market Failure -- Chapter 3. Things Fall Apart -- Chapter 4. Fed Up with Taxes -- Chapter 5. Game Over -- Epilogue: Stalemate -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract:
Analyzing economic policy from the New Deal through the Reagan Revolution, Tax and Spend takes a new look at the so-called tax-and-spend liberals of the past. This important study examines why many Americans have come to hate the government but continue to demand the security it provides.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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