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Fall 1985

Vol. 5 No. 2

The Principles and Politics of Tax Reform

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Introduction: The Principles and Politics of Tax Reform

By James A. Dorn

Normative and Positive Foundations of Tax Reform

By Richard E. Wagner

Comment on Normative and Positive Foundations of Tax Reform

By Thomas J. DiLorenzo

Is the Flat Tax a Radical Idea?

By James D. Gwartney and James Long

Comment on Is the Flat Tax a Radical Idea?

By Dwight R. Lee

Semantics of the Flat Rate Tax and Tax Reform

By Joseph J. Minarik

Comment on Semantics of the Flat Rate Tax and Tax Reform

By Richard L. Stroup

The Economics and Politics of Tax Reform

By Richard Gephardt

The Route to a Progressive Flat Tax

By Robert Hall and Alvin Rabushka

Comment on The Route to a Progressive Flat Tax

By Eric W. Cook

A Fair, Simple, and Pro-Growth Tax Reform

By Jack Kemp

President Reagan’s Modified Flat Tax: Analysis and Comparison

By Manuel H. Johnson

The Flat Tax, Negative Tax, and VAT: Gaining Progressivity and Revenue

By Ray E. Canterbery, Eric W. Cook, and Bernard A. Schmitt

Comment on The Flat Tax, Negative Tax, and VAT: Gaining Progressivity and Revenue

By John B. Egger

Some International Comparisons of Supply-Side Tax Policy

By Alan Reynolds

Federal Tax Reform: Lessons from the States

By Richard K. Vedder

Comment on Federal Tax Reform: Lessons from the States

By Randall G. Holcombe

Impact of Federal Tax Reform on State-Local Finances

By Thomas R. Dye

Comment on Impact of Federal Tax Reform on State-Local Finances

By Susan B. Hansen

Public Choice Perspectives on the Flat Tax Follies

By Thomas S. McCaleb

Comment on Public Choice Perspectives on the Flat Tax Follies

Why Not a True Flat Rate Tax?

By Edgar K. Browning and Jacquelene M. Browning

Comment on Why Not a True Flat Rate Tax?

By Pamela P. Peterson

Abolishing the Postal Monopoly: A Comment

By Douglas K. Adie

Deregulating the Airlines by Elizabeth E. Bailey, David R. Graham, and Daniel P. Kaplan

By Con Hitchcock

Book Review

Privatizing Federal Spending: A Strategy to Reduce the Deficit by Stuart M. Butler

By E. S. Savas

Blueprints for Basic Tax Reform, 2d ed. by David F. Bradford and the U.S. Treasury Tax Policy Staff

By John B. Egger

Theology, Third World Development and Economic Justice by Walter Block and Donald Shaw

By Robert A. Rogowsky

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