The Resource The dreadful monster and its poor relations : taxing, spending and the United Kingdom, 1707-2021, Julian Hoppit
The dreadful monster and its poor relations : taxing, spending and the United Kingdom, 1707-2021, Julian Hoppit
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- Summary
- It has always been an important part of British self-image to see the United Kingdom as an ancient, organic and sensibly managed place, in striking contrast to the convulsions of other European countries. To a limited degree this is true, but, as Julian Hoppit makes clear in this fascinating and surprising book, beneath the complacent surface the United Kingdom has in fact been in a constant, often very tense argument with itself about how it should be run and, most significantly, who should pay for what. The book takes its argument from an eighteenth century cartoon which shows the central state as the 'Dreadful Monster', gorging itself at the dinner table on all the taxes it can grab. Meanwhile the 'Poor Relations' - Scotland, Wales and Ireland, both poor because of tax but also poor in the sense of needing special treatment - are viewed in London as an endless 'drain on the state'. With drastically different levels of prosperity, population, industry, agriculture and accessibility between the United Kingdom's different nations, what is a fair basis for paying for the state? --
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxv, 324 pages
- Isbn
- 9780241434420
- Label
- The dreadful monster and its poor relations : taxing, spending and the United Kingdom, 1707-2021
- Title
- The dreadful monster and its poor relations
- Title remainder
- taxing, spending and the United Kingdom, 1707-2021
- Statement of responsibility
- Julian Hoppit
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- It has always been an important part of British self-image to see the United Kingdom as an ancient, organic and sensibly managed place, in striking contrast to the convulsions of other European countries. To a limited degree this is true, but, as Julian Hoppit makes clear in this fascinating and surprising book, beneath the complacent surface the United Kingdom has in fact been in a constant, often very tense argument with itself about how it should be run and, most significantly, who should pay for what. The book takes its argument from an eighteenth century cartoon which shows the central state as the 'Dreadful Monster', gorging itself at the dinner table on all the taxes it can grab. Meanwhile the 'Poor Relations' - Scotland, Wales and Ireland, both poor because of tax but also poor in the sense of needing special treatment - are viewed in London as an endless 'drain on the state'. With drastically different levels of prosperity, population, industry, agriculture and accessibility between the United Kingdom's different nations, what is a fair basis for paying for the state? --
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- Hoppit, Julian
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- Literary form
- non fiction
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- bibliography
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- Taxation
- Government spending policy
- Decentralization in government
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- The dreadful monster and its poor relations : taxing, spending and the United Kingdom, 1707-2021, Julian Hoppit
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Control code
- on1253365114
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxv, 324 pages
- Isbn
- 9780241434420
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- unmediated
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- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1253365114
- Label
- The dreadful monster and its poor relations : taxing, spending and the United Kingdom, 1707-2021, Julian Hoppit
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
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- text
- still image
- cartographic image
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- txt
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1253365114
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxv, 324 pages
- Isbn
- 9780241434420
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
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