{"product_id":"9780241360842-daylight-robbery","title":"Daylight Robbery","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeath 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? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDaylight Robbery\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatured on Stepping up with Nigel Farage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An important book for investors in gold and bitcoin' - \u003cb\u003eDaniela Cambone, Stansberry Research\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This entertaining, surprising, contrarian book is a tour de force!' - \u003cb\u003eMatt Ridley, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Evolution of Everything\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'In this spectacular gallop through history, Frisby shows how taxation has warped, stunted and thwarted human progress' - \u003cb\u003eMark Littlewood, Director General, Institute of Economic Affairs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Frisby's historical interpretation and utopian ideas will outrage Left and Right' - \u003cb\u003eSteve Baker, MP for Wycombe and Member of the House of Commons Treasury Committee \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fascinating book which exposes the political and economic basis of tax. A must read for those of us who believe in simpler, lower taxes' - \u003cb\u003eRt Hon Liz Truss, MP for South West Norfolk, Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39323758198881,"sku":"9780241360842","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33802776.jpg?v=1744897374","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241360842-daylight-robbery","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}