4 The Non- History of National Sales Tax

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Part One Explaining American State Intervention
4. 1 The Farmers’ Tour 3
5. 2 Comparing Capitalisms 25
6. 3 A Demand- Side Theory of Comparative Political Economy 46
7. Part Two The Agrarian Regulation of Taxation
8. 4 The Non- History of National Sales Tax 99
9. 5 The Land of Too Much 125
10. 6 Progressive Taxation and the Welfare State 148
11. Part Three The Agrarian Regulation of Finance
12. 7 American Adversarial Regulation 175
13. 8 The Democratization of Credit 196
14. 9 The Credit/Welfare State Trade- Off 227
15. Part Four Conclusion
16. 10 American Mortgage Keynesianism: Summary and Policy Implications 249
17. Notes. References. Acknowledgments. Index
18. Notes 267
19. References 275
20. Acknowledgments 317
21. Index 319