This book provides a historical understanding of current debates over tax reform and offers a comparative framework for discussing the relationship between fiscal policy and the distribution of income and wealth. Topics covered include the evolution of income taxation since World War II; the...

Preface -- Chapter 1 Reality and Theory -- Chapter 2 Empirically-Grounded Theory -- Chapter 3 Bankground: Banking and Causality -- Chapter 4 Dynamics of Bank Panics -- Chapter 5 Control in an Economic System -- Chapter 6 Great Depression -- Chapter 7 Topological Economic Theory -- Chapter 8...