1. Introduction -- 2. Economic Approach to Tax Design -- 3. Taxation of Labour Earnings -- 4. Reforming the Taxation of Earnings in the UK -- 5. Integrating Personal Taxes and Benefits -- 6. Taxing Goods and Services -- 7. Implementation of VAT -- 8. VAT and Financial Services -- 9. Broadening...

Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The influence of the legal and institutional framework -- The economy and society diverge : setting up the insecurity cycle -- The state steps in : and then back out again -- More problems with capitalism : but new ideas are slow to gain traction --...

This commentary reflects on the recommendations of the Mirrlees Review on tax reform with a special focus on capital income taxation. Regarding the alternatives of moving to a consumption based tax system, the commentary discusses the relative merits of choosing an ACE system (allowance for...

This volume presents commissioned essays on important, but often neglected, Irish and English economists of the 18th and 19th centuries. Noticeable papers include Tom Sowell on Observations on Certain Verbal Disputes and Sam Hollanders extended essay on Samuel Bailey, which adds to his...