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Taxing The Market Citizen: Fiscal Policy And Inequality In An Age Of Privatization, Lisa Philipps
Taxing The Market Citizen: Fiscal Policy And Inequality In An Age Of Privatization, Lisa Philipps
Law and Contemporary Problems
Focusing on Canada, Philipps argues that recent efforts to revise important facets of the income tax system are best understood through the lens of privatization. By promoting personal responsibility, the tax code is contributing to the erosion of the ideal of social citizenship and replacing it with a new model of market citizenship.
Taking Economic Equality Off The Table, Gene R. Nichol
Taking Economic Equality Off The Table, Gene R. Nichol
Law and Contemporary Problems
Nichol considers Pres Clinton's Administration's record on issues of economic equality, including California Gov Pete Wilson's plan to discriminate against newly arrived California welfare recipients. The Clinton Administration has not been alone in taking economic fairness off the political agenda, but they have clearly done their part.