description: levy on the total value of personal assets, including owner-occupied housing; cash, bank deposits, money funds, and savings in insurance and pension plans
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by Mary Beard · 2 Nov 2017 · 50pp · 15,155 words
because she is acting explicitly as the spokesperson for the women of Rome (and for women only), after they have been subject to a special wealth tax to fund a dubious war effort. Women, in other words, may in extreme circumstances publicly defend their own sectional interests, but not speak for men
by Hans Kundnani · 16 Aug 2023 · 198pp · 54,815 words
was “ni gauche, ni droite” (“neither left nor right”). After becoming president, however, he seemed to govern from the right—in particular, he scrapped a wealth tax and liberalised the labour market—and was thus seen as “president of the rich”.25 The thinking in the Elysée was that if France reformed
by Witold Rybczynski · 8 Oct 2024 · 187pp · 65,740 words
rather with the way it made you feel. In a word, it was fun. * * * i“Sign of wealth” was a reference to an annual household wealth tax that the French government had instituted in 1945. iiThe innovative Dyna Z was not an unqualified success. Because of faulty cost estimates and a rise
by Daniel Gordis · 17 Oct 2016 · 632pp · 171,827 words
(1984). Katz, Shmuel. Lone Wolf: A Biography of Vladimir (Ze’ev) Jabotinsky. Fort Lee, NJ: Barricade Books, 1995. Kaya, Furkan. “Minority Policies of Turkey and Wealth Tax of 1942.” Yeditepe University (February 12, 2014), http://mpra.ub.uni -muenchen.de/53617/1/MPRA_paper_53617.pdf. Kedar, Nir. “Ben-Gurion’s Mamlakhtiyut
by Mary Fulbrook · 14 Oct 1991 · 934pp · 135,736 words
three-class voting system obtaining in Prussia entailed the division of the population of each electoral district into three classes according to the payment of wealth taxes. The minority who were the richest then obtained one-third of the votes; the moderately wealthy the next one-third, and the large majority who
by Dieter Helm · 2 Sep 2020 · 304pp · 90,084 words
. It takes wars to get people to vote for substantial tax hikes, and successive left governments have found it very difficult to introduce even modest wealth taxes. This is where the honest activities get overtaken by less honest ones. In the US and some European ‘green new deals’, the tax issue is
by Norman Stone · 15 Feb 2010 · 851pp · 247,711 words
were political wrangles as the parties fought over one proposal or another, and the non-Communists managed to win one such, a proposal for a wealth tax that would have damaged small enterprise. But Czechoslovakia, her borders reaching far into the bloc, and even, for a few miles, contiguous with the Soviet
by Lars Kroijer · 5 Sep 2013 · 300pp · 77,787 words
. Subject to proper data protection and guarantees of confidentiality, this risk assessment could include data such as your job, education, residence, mortgage, marital status, family wealth, tax returns, Linkedin and Facebook profiles, etc. that are already available subject to a few clicks and permissions. While intrusive sounding, I wouldn’t be surprised
by henningmeyer · 16 May 2018
she mean by ‘middle class’? However we finance basic income – via an increase in income tax, eco- Work And Income taxes, consumption taxes, capital gains/wealth tax or A possible starting point for breaking with the capi‐ talist-dominated work society is to separate basic individual and societal needs from paid work
by Naomi Klein · 11 Sep 2023
book about corporate globalization back in the day. And the NDP has always stood up to big business and bad trade deals. They want a wealth tax—” “Nah. I’ve had it,” she said, calling back her dog and retreating farther. “I’m going with the People’s Party this time.” And
by Cultureshock Staff · 6 Oct 2010 · 401pp · 108,855 words
by Orlando Whitfield · 5 Aug 2024 · 306pp · 104,072 words
by Dan Ariely · 19 Feb 2007 · 383pp · 108,266 words
by Lonely Planet
by Michael Knox Beran · 2 Aug 2021 · 800pp · 240,175 words
by Michiko Kakutani · 20 Feb 2024 · 262pp · 69,328 words
by Tim Shipman · 30 Nov 2017 · 721pp · 238,678 words
by AA.VV. · 26 Jun 2021 · 199pp · 62,204 words
by Elandria Williams, Eli Feghali, Rachel Plattus and Nathan Schneider · 15 Dec 2024 · 346pp · 84,111 words
by Alice Ross · 19 Nov 2020 · 197pp · 53,831 words
by Dan Ariely · 3 Apr 2013 · 898pp · 266,274 words
by Rough Guides · 15 Oct 2023
by Wendy Liu · 22 Mar 2020 · 223pp · 71,414 words
by Adrian Hon · 5 Oct 2020 · 340pp · 101,675 words
by Nicole Aschoff · 10 Mar 2015 · 128pp · 38,187 words
by Extinction Rebellion · 12 Jun 2019 · 138pp · 40,525 words
by Rebecca Henderson · 27 Apr 2020 · 330pp · 99,044 words
by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Thomas Ramge · 27 Feb 2018 · 267pp · 72,552 words
by Rory Sutherland · 6 May 2019 · 401pp · 93,256 words
by Marlene Garsia · 1 Jan 2008 · 280pp · 76,376 words
by Ha-Joon Chang · 4 Sep 2000 · 192pp
by Michael Pye · 4 Aug 2021 · 409pp · 107,511 words
by Grace Blakeley · 14 Oct 2020 · 82pp · 24,150 words
by Adam Becker · 14 Jun 2025 · 381pp · 119,533 words
by Lonely Planet, James Bainbridge, Brett Atkinson, Steve Fallon, Jessica Lee, Virginia Maxwell, Hugh McNaughtan and John Noble · 31 Jan 2017 · 2,313pp · 330,238 words
by Matthew Yglesias · 14 Sep 2020
by Robin Chase · 14 May 2015 · 330pp · 91,805 words
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 20 Feb 2018 · 306pp · 82,765 words
by Stephen D. King · 22 May 2017 · 354pp · 92,470 words
by Sophie Pedder · 20 Jun 2018 · 337pp · 101,440 words
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by Ross Douthat · 25 Feb 2020 · 324pp · 80,217 words
by Selina Todd · 11 Feb 2021 · 598pp · 150,801 words
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by Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow · 26 Sep 2022 · 396pp · 113,613 words
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by Anne Case and Angus Deaton · 17 Mar 2020 · 421pp · 110,272 words
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by Richard Brooks · 2 Jan 2014 · 301pp · 88,082 words
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by Danny Dorling and Kirsten McClure · 18 May 2020 · 459pp · 138,689 words
by Liaquat Ahamed · 22 Jan 2009 · 708pp · 196,859 words
by Don Tapscott and Alex Tapscott · 9 May 2016 · 515pp · 126,820 words
by Jason Hickel · 12 Aug 2020 · 286pp · 87,168 words
by Lane Kenworthy · 3 Jan 2014 · 283pp · 73,093 words
by Paul Mason · 29 Jul 2015 · 378pp · 110,518 words
by Fareed Zakaria · 5 Oct 2020 · 289pp · 86,165 words
by Mervyn King · 3 Mar 2016 · 464pp · 139,088 words
by Kariappa Bheemaiah · 26 Feb 2017 · 492pp · 118,882 words
by Gideon Rachman · 1 Feb 2011 · 391pp · 102,301 words
by John Tamny · 6 May 2018 · 165pp · 47,193 words
by Chris Hayes · 11 Jun 2012 · 285pp · 86,174 words
by Martin Ford · 4 May 2015 · 484pp · 104,873 words
by Martin Wolf · 24 Nov 2015 · 524pp · 143,993 words
by William Drozdiak · 27 Apr 2020 · 241pp · 75,417 words
by Joe Studwell · 1 Jul 2013 · 868pp · 147,152 words
by Felix Martin · 5 Jun 2013 · 357pp · 110,017 words
by David Gelles · 30 May 2022 · 318pp · 91,957 words
by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn · 14 Jan 2020 · 307pp · 96,543 words
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by James Meek · 5 Mar 2019 · 232pp · 76,830 words
by Kristen R. Ghodsee · 16 May 2023 · 302pp · 112,390 words
by Greta Thunberg · 14 Feb 2023 · 651pp · 162,060 words
by Charles Raw, Bruce Page and Godfrey Hodgson · 16 May 2005 · 552pp · 169,398 words
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by Paul Krugman · 28 Jan 2020 · 446pp · 117,660 words
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by Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung · 8 Jul 2019 · 389pp · 81,596 words
by Eric Lonergan and Mark Blyth · 15 Jun 2020 · 194pp · 56,074 words
by Anupreeta Das · 12 Aug 2024 · 315pp · 115,894 words
by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson · 15 May 2023 · 619pp · 177,548 words
by William N. Goetzmann · 11 Apr 2016 · 695pp · 194,693 words
by Jeff Berwick and Charlie Robinson · 14 Apr 2020 · 491pp · 141,690 words
by Kevin Mellyn · 18 Jun 2012 · 183pp · 17,571 words
by Robert B. Reich · 24 Mar 2020 · 154pp · 47,880 words
by Ian Morris · 11 Oct 2010 · 1,152pp · 266,246 words
by Grace Blakeley · 9 Sep 2019 · 263pp · 80,594 words
by Doug Henwood · 30 Aug 1998 · 586pp · 159,901 words
by Thomas Piketty and Arthur Goldhammer · 7 Jan 2015 · 165pp · 45,129 words
by Charles Goodhart and Manoj Pradhan · 8 Aug 2020 · 438pp · 84,256 words
by John Plender · 27 Jul 2015 · 355pp · 92,571 words
by Faisal Islam · 28 Aug 2013 · 475pp · 155,554 words
by David Callahan · 1 Jan 2004 · 452pp · 110,488 words
by Guy Standing · 3 May 2017 · 307pp · 82,680 words
by Kate Raworth · 22 Mar 2017 · 403pp · 111,119 words
by Alex Cuadros · 1 Jun 2016 · 433pp · 125,031 words
by Satyajit Das · 9 Feb 2016 · 327pp · 90,542 words
by Nandan Nilekani · 25 Nov 2008 · 777pp · 186,993 words
by Howard Zinn · 2 Jan 1977 · 913pp · 299,770 words
by Marc Levinson · 31 Jul 2016 · 409pp · 118,448 words
by Adam Tooze · 31 Jul 2018 · 1,066pp · 273,703 words
by Taylor Larimore, Michael Leboeuf and Mel Lindauer · 1 Jan 2006 · 335pp · 94,657 words
by Andro Linklater · 12 Nov 2013 · 603pp · 182,826 words
by Joel Kotkin · 31 Aug 2014 · 362pp · 83,464 words
by Philippe van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght · 20 Mar 2017
by Branko Milanovic · 15 Dec 2010 · 251pp · 69,245 words
by Katrina Vanden Heuvel and William Greider · 9 Jan 2009 · 278pp · 82,069 words
by Robert B. Reich · 21 Sep 2010 · 147pp · 45,890 words
by Paul de Grauwe and Anna Asbury · 12 Mar 2017
by Greg Clark · 31 Dec 2014
by Roland Berger, David Grusky, Tobias Raffel, Geoffrey Samuels and Chris Wimer · 29 Oct 2010 · 237pp · 72,716 words
by David Edgerton · 27 Jun 2018
by Annie Lowrey · 10 Jul 2018 · 242pp · 73,728 words
by Wolfgang Streeck · 8 Nov 2016 · 424pp · 115,035 words
by Ray Dalio · 9 Sep 2018 · 782pp · 187,875 words
by Joseph E. Stiglitz · 28 Jan 2020 · 408pp · 108,985 words
by Philippe Legrain · 22 Apr 2014 · 497pp · 150,205 words
by Philip Coggan · 6 Feb 2020 · 524pp · 155,947 words
by Stephanie Kelton · 8 Jun 2020 · 338pp · 104,684 words
by Lucas Chancel · 15 Jan 2020 · 191pp · 51,242 words
by John Steele Gordon · 12 Oct 2009 · 519pp · 148,131 words
by Will Hutton · 30 Sep 2010 · 543pp · 147,357 words
by Jonathan Tepper · 20 Nov 2018 · 417pp · 97,577 words
by Tim O'Reilly · 9 Oct 2017 · 561pp · 157,589 words
by Gene Sperling · 14 Sep 2020 · 667pp · 149,811 words
by Matthew C. Klein · 18 May 2020 · 339pp · 95,270 words
by George Gilder · 23 Feb 2016 · 209pp · 53,236 words
by Danny Dorling and Sally Tomlinson · 15 Jan 2019 · 502pp · 128,126 words
by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo · 12 Nov 2019 · 470pp · 148,730 words
by Oliver Bullough · 10 Mar 2022 · 257pp · 80,698 words
by Alex Zevin · 12 Nov 2019 · 767pp · 208,933 words
by Alec MacGillis · 16 Mar 2021 · 426pp · 136,925 words
by Casey Michel · 23 Nov 2021 · 466pp · 116,165 words
by Marcos González Hernando and Gerry Mitchell · 23 May 2023
by Diarmaid Ferriter · 15 Jul 2009
by Roger Bootle · 4 Sep 2019 · 374pp · 111,284 words
by J. Bradford Delong · 6 Apr 2020 · 593pp · 183,240 words
by Alissa Quart · 14 Mar 2023 · 304pp · 86,028 words
by Nick Romeo · 15 Jan 2024 · 343pp · 103,376 words
by John Y. Campbell and Tarun Ramadorai · 25 Jul 2025
by Garrett Neiman · 19 Jun 2023 · 386pp · 112,064 words
by Richard Murphy · 14 Sep 2017 · 241pp · 63,981 words
by Richard Murphy · 30 Sep 2015 · 233pp · 71,775 words
by Gabriel Zucman, Teresa Lavender Fagan and Thomas Piketty · 21 Sep 2015 · 121pp · 34,193 words
by Don Watkins and Yaron Brook · 28 Mar 2016 · 345pp · 92,849 words
by David Callahan · 9 Aug 2010
by Kurt Andersen · 14 Sep 2020 · 486pp · 150,849 words
by William Baker and Addison Wiggin · 2 Nov 2009 · 444pp · 151,136 words
by Thomas Piketty · 10 Mar 2014 · 935pp · 267,358 words
by Joseph E. Stiglitz · 15 Mar 2015 · 409pp · 125,611 words
by Stephen J. McNamee · 17 Jul 2013 · 440pp · 108,137 words
by Vito Tanzi · 28 Dec 2017
by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg · 3 Feb 1997 · 582pp · 160,693 words
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by Thomas Stanley and William Danko · 15 Nov 2010 · 273pp · 78,850 words
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by Branko Milanovic · 23 Sep 2019