In this book Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and co-author Raaj Sah address one of development's major issues. Most of today's countries face town versus country tensions of increasing severity, including such issues as who should pay how much in taxes, who should get how much in subsidies, and what forms the taxes and subsidies should take. This volume analyses these tensions and issues, taking into account the great diversity of institutions and economic environments observed in different developing countries.
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`Review from previous edition the authors have produced an important book which represents a substantial contribution to our understanding of how to design taxation policies in developing countries.' Petr Lanjouw, World Bank, Economica, Vol. 61, No. 241, February 1994
`it clearly has important applications for all development economics ... Development economists can ... greatly benefit from incorporating similar assumptions into their models.' Michael Benarroch, The University of Winnipeg, Canadian Journal of Urban Research, 2:2 (December 1993)
`it clearly has important applications for all development economics ... Development economists can ... greatly benefit from incorporating similar assumptions into their models.' Michael Benarroch, The University of Winnipeg, Canadian Journal of Urban Research, 2:2 (December 1993)
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Raaj K. Sah is Professor of Public Policy, University of Chicago. Joseph E. Stiglitz is Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001.
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This review is from: Peasants versus City-Dwellers: Taxation and the Burden of Economic Development (Paperback)
The poorest of the poor in South Asia are the peasants. They are landless and powerless. There are over 400 millions of them. The machinery of the state is mostly designed to squeeze them for the benefit of the powerful who are, of course, in the cities. Sah and Stiglitz have written on these matters with remarkable originality. They analyze the long history of such conflicts: the Poor-Law debate in Briton, the pre-Civil War era in the United States, the pre-collectivization Soviet Union, and so on. They capture the main motifs of the conflicts in today's Third World. Their book makes it possible to comprehend various kinds of institutional and policy biases that distort the town and country relationships. This book is written in the language of professional economists. I hope that these or some other authors will write a book on these topics for broader audiences.
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The last three decades have witnessed, in numerous LDCs (less developed countries), riots, protests, demonstrations, and other forms of civil unrest through which city-dwellers have attempted to persuade the government to lower or maintain food prices. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Soviet Union, United States, Corn Laws, October Revolution, Inter-Sectoral Taxation Policies, New New Welfare Economics, Third World New!
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The last three decades have witnessed, in numerous LDCs (less developed countries), riots, protests, demonstrations, and other forms of civil unrest through which city-dwellers have attempted to persuade the government to lower or maintain food prices. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Soviet Union, United States, Corn Laws, October Revolution, Inter-Sectoral Taxation Policies, New New Welfare Economics, Third World New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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- The Theory of Taxation for Developing Countries by David M. G. Newbery in Back Matter
- Recent Developments in Corporate Finance by Jeremy Edwards in Back Matter
- Agricultural Price Policies and the Developing Countries (World Bank) by Professor George S. Tolley in Back Matter
- Principles of Public Finance by Hugh Dalton in Back Matter
- The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx in Back Matter
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