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Taxation and the Distribution of Wealth

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Taxation and the
Distribution of Wealth

STUDIES IN THE ECONOMIC, ETHICAL, AND PRACTICAL
RELATIONS OF FISCAL SYSTEMS TO

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

By

FREDERIC MATHEWS

GARDEN CITY NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

CHARD COLLED
MAR & 1914

DRIDGE, MASS.

The Author.

Copyright, 1914 by
FREDERIC MATHEWS

All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian

Man is generally considered by statesmen and projectors as the materials of a sort of political mechanics. Projectors disturb nature in the course of her operations on human affairs, and it requires no more than to leave her alone and give her fair play in the pursuit of her ends that she may establish her own designs. Little else is required to carry a state to the highest degree of affluence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice; all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.

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