Taxing Ourselves

A Citizen's Guide to the Debate over Taxes

Joel Slemrod, Jon Bakija (Associate Professor of Economics, Williams College)

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English

MIT Press
02 June 2017

Taxation; Sales tax & Customs duties; Personal finance; Law for the lay person

Series: The MIT Press

The new edition of a popular guide to the key issues in tax reform, presented in a clear, nontechnical, and unbiased way.

To follow the debate over tax reform, the interested citizen is often forced to choose between misleading sound bites and academic treatises. Taxing Ourselves bridges the gap between the oversimplified and the arcane, presenting the key issues clearly and without a political agenda. Tax policy experts Joel Slemrod and Jon Bakija lay out in accessible language what is known and not known about how taxes affect the economy and offer guidelines for evaluating tax systems-both the current tax system and proposals to reform it.

This fifth edition has been extensively revised to incorporate the latest data, empirical evidence, and tax law. It offers new material on recent tax reform proposals, expanded coverage of international tax issues, and the latest enforcement initiatives. Offering historical perspectives, outlining the basic criteria by which tax policy should be judged (fairness, economic impact, enforceability), examining proposals for both radical change (replacement of the income tax with a flat tax or consumption tax) and incremental changes to the current system, and concluding with a voter's guide, the book provides readers with enough background to make informed judgments about how we should tax ourselves.

Praise for earlier editions ""An excellent book."" -Jeff Medrick, New York Times ""A fair-minded exposition of a politically loaded subject."" -Kirkus Reviews

By: Joel Slemrod, Jon Bakija (Associate Professor of Economics, Williams College)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: fifth edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 29mm
ISBN: 9780262533171
ISBN 10: 0262533170
Series: The MIT Press
Pages: 560
Publication Date: 02 June 2017
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joel Slemrod is Paul W. McCracken Collegiate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy and Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan, where he is also Director of the Office of Tax Policy Research. Jon Bakija is Professor of Economics at Williams College.