Ronald Reagan hat zu Beginn der 80er Jahre in den Vereinigten Staaten eine Wende zur angebotsorientierten Wirtschaftspolitik (Supply-Side Policy) eingeleitet. Im Rahmen dieser «neuen» Wirtschaftspolitik wurden insbesondere die Spitzensteuersätze massiv gesenkt. Auf der konzeptionellen...

This book offers a comprehensive guide to modern day taxation issues. It presents a thorough overview of many of the crucial aspects of applied taxation and current tax systems, and presents evidence that supports taxation as an important policy issue requiring immediate address globally....

The 1964 Kennedy-Johnson tax cut is often cited as the single most successful application of Keynesian stabilization policy. The author challenges this orthodox historical view by exposing the haphazard planning, simplistic economic theorizing, irreconcilable numerical projections, and partisan...