Their Fair Share, by Joseph J. Thorndike, now in print

Their Fair Share Now Available from Amazon.com

by Joe Thorndike • December 12, 2012 • fiscal policy, tax • 3 Comments

My new book, Their Fair Share: Taxing the Rich in the Age of FDR, is now available from Amazon.com. Just in time for the 100th anniversary of the income tax.

Their Fair Share tells the story of New Deal taxation and explains why it matters today. What did Franklin Roosevelt know about progressive taxation that modern politicians don’t? Quite a bit, it turns out. FDR understood that fairness matters; efficiency is not the only measure of a “good” tax. The modern income tax is a product of this insight. Often frustrating and certainly imperfect, it still reflects popular notions of what’s fair — and what’s not.

You can learn more about the book at Amazon or the Urban Institute Press.

Tags: fairness, FDR, fiscal policy, Great Depression, income tax, New Deal, Roosevelt, stimulus, Tax, tax cuts, taxation, taxes

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"Joe Thorndike is the gold standard when it comes to the history of American taxation."- Bruce Bartlett, New York Times Economic blogger and author of “The Benefit and the Burden: Tax Reform—Why We Need It and What It Will Take”

"Whatever you think you know about federal taxes, historian Joe Thorndike’s Their Fair Share will surprise you with fascinating facts and insights."- David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer-prize winning author of “Perfectly Legal,” “Free Lunch,” and “The Fine Print”

"Joe Thorndike is the Alexis de Tocqueville of tax culture, a lucid, nonpartisan guide shining light on the idiosyncratic, oft-surprising events of the past."- Amity Shlaes, author of “Coolidge” and “The Forgotten Man”

About Joe Thorndike
Joseph J. Thorndike is director of the Tax History Project at Tax Analysts, a fellow of the George W. Bush Institute, and a Visiting Scholar in History at the University of Virginia.

Joe has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, the Washington Times, CNN, Time.com, Bloomberg, and numerous academic publications. His new book, "Their Fair Share: Taxing the Rich in the Age of FDR" has just been published by the Urban Institute Press
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