Philosophical explorations of justice and taxation national and global issues /
This volume presents philosophical contributions examining questions of the grounding and justification of taxation and different types of taxes such as inheritance, wealth, consumption or income tax in relation to justice and the concept of a just society. The chapters cover the different levels at...
| Other Authors: | Gaisbauer, Helmut P.,, Schweiger, Gottfried,, Sedmak, Clemens, 1971-, SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer,
2015.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (vii, 236 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series: |
Ius gentium (Dordrecht, Netherlands) ;
volume 40. |
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Table of Contents:
- List of Contributors
- Outlining the Field of Tax Justice; Helmut P. Gaisbauer, Gottfried Schweiger and Clemens Sedmak
- Section I: Grounding Taxation
- Fiscal Justice and Justified Trust; Clemens Sedmak & and Helmut P. Gaisbauer
- Taxation and the Duty to Alleviate Poverty; Gottfried Schweiger
- Justice, Equality and Taxation; Dietmar von der Pfordten
- ?You did not build that road?? Reciprocity, Benefits, Opportunities and Taxing the Extremely Rich; Bruno Verbeek
- The Challenge of Tax Avoidance for Social Justice in Taxation; Benjamin Alarie
- Section II: Justifying different Types of Taxation
- Why Taxing Consumption? Justifications, Objections and Social Cooperation; Xavier Landes
- Egalitarianism and Consumption Tax; Daniel Halliday
- Ethical Taxation: Progressivity, Efficiency and Hourly Averaging; Douglas Bamford
- Why do the Public Oppose Inheritance Taxes?; Rajiv Prabhakar
- The Role of Expressive versus Instrumental Preferences in U.S. Attitudes toward Taxation and Redistribution; Kirk Stark
- Section III: International and Global Taxation
- What Burden should Fiscal Policy Bear in Fighting Global Injustice?; Gillian Brock
- A Global Luxuries Tax; Timothy Mawe and Vittorio Bufacchi
- Taxation: Its Justification and Application to Global Contexts; Teppo Eskelinen and Arto Laitinen.