Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Taxation and political debate
  • 1. Struggles within a liberal inheritance, 1906-1940
  • 2. The changing balance of tax interests, 1940-1954
  • 3. The Kaldor era, 1951-1965
  • 4. Social democracy examined, 1965-1970
  • 5. Defensive positions, 1970-1979
  • 6. Epilogue: New Labour, old problems?
  • 7. Conclusion.