Taxation: The People's Business [Hardcover]

Andrew W. Mellon (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0405051018 | ISBN-13: 978-0405051012 | Publication Date: June 1924 | Edition: First Edition

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe Pound, among others. Legal Treatises includes casebooks, local practice manuals, form books, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches and other works of the most influential writers of their time. It is of great value to researchers of domestic and international law, government and politics, legal history, business and economics, criminology and much more.
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Minnesota University Law Library

CTRG99-B888



New York : Macmillan, 1924. 227 p. ; 20 cm

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 229 pages
• Publisher: Ayer Co Pub; First Edition edition (June 1924)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0405051018
• ISBN-13: 978-0405051012
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,468,655 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Taxiation the right way, February 19, 2010

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This review is from: Taxation: The People's Business (Hardcover)

This was an outstanding commentary on how taxiation should work.The purpose of the book purchase was to look at Mellon's theory on taxiation. Andrew Mellon did a wonderful job in framing his economic opinion. There are many theories on this particular subject and this one needs to be reviewed by all that have any skin in this game. What was interesting is I pulled up taxiation data from Mellon's time, Kennedy, Reagan and George W. Bush. In every instance revenues went up. The unfortunate side was that often spending then rose faster. In the last year and 1/2 of Bush's presidency revenues were decreasing. It should be noted that we were sliding into a significant recession; the result of which people are still parcelling out blame. I would finish with this; I wish more books were written in this manner. I found it refreshing. You don't have to agree with the theory, I do.

5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic read. Highly recommended., January 10, 2012

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Ryman - See all my reviews

This review is from: Taxation: The People's Business (Hardcover)

Considering the economic times we have experienced over the last few years, this book will make you think about the impact taxation and debt has on the growth of the economy. Andrew Mellon was Calvin Coolidge's Treasury Secretary. Under Mellon's plan the nation averaged a 3.3% unemployment rate, a 1% inflation rate and had a one billion dollar surplus (that's right I said surplus) every year Coolidge was president to which he paid off six billion dollars of debt left over from the first World War. Well worth the time to read.

0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Nice history, September 4, 2011

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This review is from: Taxation: The People's Business (Hardcover)

A nice historical piece, and great if you collect economic history and trivia...but his ideas don't actually work. For a collector only, not for someone who wants to understand the economy.