Peasants Versus City-Dwellers: Taxation and the Burden of Economic Development

by Raaj K. Sah and Joseph E. Stiglitz

Book Overview

From the historical perspective, the two central problems facing most of the developing countries are: Who should bear the burden of the costs of development? and How should these costs be shared between those in the urban and rural sectors? The inevitable conflicts between the two have, in fact, been a long standing theme, reflected in the debates, in Britain over the Corn Laws, in the United States over industrial tariffs, and in Russia over the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198285817
• ISBN13: 9780198285816
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"