The Terrific Engine: Income Taxation and the Modernization of the Canadian Political Imaginary - Couverture souple

Tough, David

 
9780774836784: The Terrific Engine: Income Taxation and the Modernization of the Canadian Political Imaginary

Synopsis

What do we mean by left wing or right wing? People started using the language of a political spectrum when early twentieth-century political parties began to distinguish their platforms by offering different approaches to income distribution. The Terrific Engine examines how income taxation modernized political language over the period from the 1911 election through the Second World War. David Tough controversially argues that income taxation was established by popular demand, first to replace existing taxes and then to address income inequality through equalizing social programs. And, in establishing a clear basis for party differences, income taxation made elections significantly more democratic.

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David Tough teaches in the School for the Study of Canada at Trent University.

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9780774836777: The Terrific Engine: Income Taxation and the Modernization of the Canadian Political Imaginary

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ISBN 10 :  0774836776 ISBN 13 :  9780774836777
Editeur : University of British Columbia P..., 2018
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