THE MISSING U.S. VAT: ECONOMIC INEQUALITY, AMERICAN FISCAL EXCEPTIONALISM, AND THE HISTORICAL U.S. RESISTANCE TO NATIONAL CONSUMPTION TAXES

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• Inequality 66%
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• Economics 55%
• Excise Tax 33%
• Sales Tax 27%
• Fiscal Policy 16%
• Industrialized Countries 11%
• Wealth 11%
• Concentration 5%

INIS

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• usa 38%
• values 27%
• economics 27%
• policy 16%
• spending 16%
• comparative evaluations 11%
• data 5%
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• concentration 5%
• reflection 5%
• developed countries 5%
• industrialized countries 5%
• shortfalls 5%

Social Sciences

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• Value Added Tax 27%
• Essays 27%
• Myth 16%
• Developed Countries 11%
• Social Welfare 11%
• Outlier 11%
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• Research 5%
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• World War I 5%
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• Nations 5%
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