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Książka The Dreadful Monster and its Poor Relations Julian Hoppit

The Dreadful Monster and its Poor Relations

Taxing, Spending and the United Kingdom, 1707-2021

Autor: Julian Hoppit
Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Miękka
Wydawca: Penguin Books
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy w małych ilościach
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'An invaluable primer to some of the underlying tensions behind contemporary political debate' Finan...

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Autor
Julian Hoppit
Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Miękka
Data wydania
2022
strony
352
EAN
9780141992266
ISBN
0141992263
Enbook ID
38374227
Wydawca
Penguin Books
Waga
256
Wymiary
197 x 130 x 23

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'An invaluable primer to some of the underlying tensions behind contemporary political debate' Financial TimesIt has always been an important part of British self-image to see the United Kingdom as an ancient, organic and sensibly managed place, in striking contrast to the convulsions of other European countries. Yet, as Julian Hoppit makes clear in this fascinating and surprising book, beneath the complacent surface the United Kingdom has in fact been in a constant, often very tense argument with itself about how it should be run and, most significantly, who should pay for what.The book takes its argument from an eighteenth century cartoon which shows the central state as the 'Dreadful Monster', gorging itself at the dinner table on all the taxes it can grab. Meanwhile the 'Poor Relations' - Scotland, Wales and Ireland, both poor because of tax but also poor in the sense of needing special treatment - are viewed in London as an endless 'drain on the state'. With drastically different levels of prosperity, population, industry, agriculture and accessibility between the United Kingdom's different nations, what is a fair basis for paying for the state?

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