Public Economics and History A Review of Fiscal Regimes and the Political Economy of Premodern States, Edited by Andrew Monson and Walter Scheidel

• Published in: Journal of Economic Literature Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 1556 - 1569
• Main Author: Hoffman, Philip T.
• Format: Book Review Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nashville American Economic Association 01.12.2017
• Subjects: Economic theory; Government spending; Political economy; Taxation

Fiscal Regimes and the Political Economy of Premodern States greatly expands our knowledge of the history of premodern fiscal systems and raises important questions about the political economy of premodern states. Answering those questions can help explain how states developed the capacity to tax; w...