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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462860903321

Autore

Hudson Michael <1939->

Titolo

A philosophy for a fair society [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Hudson, G.J. Miller & Kris Feder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd. in association with Centre for Incentive Taxation Ltd., 1994

ISBN

0-85683-386-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Collana

Georgist paradigm series

Altri autori (Persone)

MillerG. J (George James)

FederKris

Disciplina

339.2

Soggetti

Distributive justice

Economic policy

Right of property

Single tax

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Copyright; Contents; Prologue The Archaeology of Economic Collapse: A 4000 Year Perspective; Land Monopolization, Fiscal Crises and Clean Slate ""Jubilee"" Proclamations in Antiquity; The Health and Wealth of the Nation: A Critique of the Welfare State; Public Finance and the Co-operative Society; About the Authors Page; Index Page; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

With the eclipse of the New Right, politicians now admit that society is in crisis. Something must be done, but, explain the authors, governments will fail again unless they shake off the economic orthodoxy that is now one of the problems rather than the means to a solution. This book investigates the roots of the problem, both historically and theoretically. Dr Michael Hudson draws on archaeology and history, from Bronze Age Mesopotamia through Rome to Byzantium, to show how a destructive virus crept into the body politic. This led to a breakdown in man's relation to the environment and