Table of Contents

1. Social philosophy and tax regimes in the United States, 1763 to the present W. Elliot Brownlee; 2. The impact of tax policy on economic growth, income distribution and allocation of taxes James D. Gwartney and Robert A. Lawson; 3. Taxes, growth, equity and welfare Richard Vedder; 4. The consequences of taxation Joel Slemrod; 5. Justice: a conservative view John Kekes; 6. Non-absolute rights and libertarian taxation Eric Mack; 7. Taxation, the private law and distributive justice Kevin A. Kordana and David H. Tabachnick; 8. Taxation, the private law and distributive justice David H. Tabachnick; 9. The uneasy case for capital taxation Edward J. McCaffery; 10. Households and the fiscal system Edward J. McCaffery; 11. Taxation, the state and the community Jeffrey Schoenblum; 12. Choice, catallaxy and just taxation: contrasting architectonics for fiscal theorizing Richard E. Wagner; 13. Government as investor: tax policy and the state Jonathan R. Macey.

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These essays explore a just tax system, and its moral foundations.

About the Author

Ellen Frankel Paul is Deputy Director of the Social Philosophy and Policy Center and Professor of Political Science at Bowling Green State University. Fred D. Miller, Jr. is Executive Director of the Social Philosophy and Policy Center and Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University. Jeffrey Paul is Associate Director of the Social Philosophy and Policy Center and Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University.