| Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes Contributor(s): Gates, Bill (Author), Collins, Chuck (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807047198 ISBN-13: 9780807047194 Publisher: Beacon Press OUR PRICE: $17.82 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2004 Annotation: When Wealth and Our Commonwealth was first published in hardcover, coverage was intense and widespread: virtually all of the national broadcast and print media ran interviews and reviews. The adamant argument for reform, not reversal, of the most progressive tax in our nation continues to resonate. This edition, with a new preface by the authors, is sure to continue to fuel the debate. "Gates, a happy warrior and a bear of a man, has thrown his formidable resources into making sure that he and people like him pay a decent share of the cost of government. He and Collins are doing urgent work. . . . Inheritance taxes would fall only on the largest estates. That, said Gates, is entirely just. As he puts it, those who were best able 'to take advantage of what society has to offer' have a debt to pay. It's a concept no less worthy for being old-fashioned." --E. J. Dionne Jr., The Washington Post "If you doubt whether there are any truly public-spirited Americans left, let me introduce Bill Gates Sr. and Chuck Collins. Their new book is worth reading for its fascinating history of the conservative estate-tax repeal movement alone. But more than that, Wealth and Our Commonwealth challenges us all, rich and not-so-rich, to a more strenuous and farsighted notion of citizenship."--Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America "Bill Gates and Chuck Collins provide a clear rationale for retaining the estate tax in this helpful and unselfish analysis."--Jimmy Carter, Winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize "As this book reminds us, inheritance taxes are not about raising tax revenue. They are about 'What Kind of a Nation Do We Want to Be?' Economics isinevitably a relay race where participants do not start from the same point, but we can limit how large those gaps are. This book gets our thoughts back on the right issues."--Lester Thurow, author of The Future of Capitalism and Building Wealth: New Rules for Individuals |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Taxation - General - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
| Dewey: 336.276 |
| LCCN: 2002011326 |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.56" W x 8.58" (0.45 lbs) 166 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: More than a thousand individuals of high net worth rose up to protest the repeal of the estate tax-Newsweek tagged them the billionaire backlash. The primary visionaries of that group, Bill Gates Sr. and Chuck Collins, argue here that individual wealth is a product not only of hard work and smart choices but of the society that provides the fertile soil for succes. Weaving personal narratives, history, and plenty of solid economic sense, Gates and Collins make a sound and compelling case for estate tax reform, not repeal. |