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AEI Press
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| Publication Date: September 1985 |
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| ISBN: 0844735868 |
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Is consumption the key to fostering economic growth and labor productivity? Some economists and lawmakers say it is, but others call it grossly unfair because it saddles those least able to pay with a disproportionate share of the tax burden.
Would a change to a consumption tax help growth? Must a consumption tax hurt the poor? Why haven't major tax reform proposals included a consumption tax alternative? Has a consumption tax ever been seriously considered? These and other questions are explored in this volume by academics and lawmakers.
John H. Makin is a resident scholar at AEI.
Table of Contents
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Thoughts on Tax Reform
The Consumption Tax versus the Income Tax
Tax Reform: The Major Proposals
Appendix
