Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future

Dominic Frisby 지음

Penguin Books Ltd 2019년 10월 17일 출간 국내도서 : 2021년 01월 26일 출간

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Death and taxes are our inevitable fate. We've been told this since the beginning of civilisation. But what if we stopped to question our antiquated system? Is it fair? And is it capable of serving the needs of our rapidly-changing, modern society? In Daylight Robbery, Dominic Frisby traces the origins of taxation, from its roots in the ancient world, through to today. He explores the role of tax in the formation of our global religions, the part tax played in wars and revolutions throughout the ages, why, at one stage, we paid tax for daylight or for growing a beard. Ranging from the despotic to the absurd, the tax laws of the past reveal so much about how we got to where we are today and what we can do to build a system fit for the future.'This entertaining, surprising, contrarian book is a tour de force!' - Matt Ridley, author of The Evolution of Everything'In this spectacular gallop through history, Frisby shows how taxation has warped, stunted and thwarted human progress' - Mark Littlewood, Director General, Institute of Economic Affairs'Against all expectations, Dominic's book on tax is a real page-turner. His historical interpretation and utopian ideas will outrage Left and Right. Both should read the book' - Steve Baker, MP for Wycombe and Member of the House of Commons Treasury Committee 'Fascinating book which exposes the political and economic basis of tax. A must read for those of us who believe in simpler, lower taxes' - Rt Hon Liz Truss, MP for South West Norfolk, Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade

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A brilliant book full of insights into how governments have fleeced us down the ages. This is a must read for anyone interested in how technology might at last tilt things back in favour of the citizen rather than the state

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저자(글) Dominic Frisby

영국의 금융 전문 작가이자 코미디언. 〈머니위크〉에 매주 투자 관련 칼럼을 쓰고 있으며, 〈가디언〉 〈인디펜던트〉 등 유수의 매체에 글을 기고하고 있다. 또한 그는 풍자 코미디, 성우, 음악, 방송 진행자 등 다방면에서 활동하면서 엔터테이너로서도 명성이 자자하다. 그래서 그의 글에는 늘 날카로운 통찰과 함께 해학이 넘치는 위트가 가득하다. 2012년 센세이션을 일으킨 다큐멘터리 영화 〈포 호스맨(Four Horsemen)〉을 공동 집필했으며, 세계 각국의 컨퍼런스에서 금융의 미래에 대해 강연하기도 한다. 지은 책으로는 《국가 이후의 삶(Life After The State)》 《비트코인: 화폐의 미래?(Bitcoin: The Future of Money?)》 등이 있으며, 《세금의 세계사》는 크리스마스 시즌 추천도서로 〈파이낸셜 타임스〉에 소개된 바 있다.