Voluntary taxation: a lesson from the Ancient Greeks

Imagine a progressive tax – in other words, a tax that falls on those most able to pay; a tax that results in the rich paying – quite voluntarily – more than they are obliged, instead of trying to avoid it; a tax that's spent according to the wish...

Publisher: Aeon

Author: Dominic Frisby

Imagine a progressive tax – in other words, a tax that falls on those most able to pay; a tax that results in the rich paying – quite voluntarily – more than they are obliged, instead of trying to avoid it; a tax that's spent according to the wish...

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