{"product_id":"the-joy-of-tax-9780593075173","title":"The Joy of Tax","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn The Joy of Tax  tax campaigner and creator of Corbynomics  Richard Murphy challenges almost every idea you have about tax. For him  tax is fundamentally about the ideas that shape the sort of society we want to live in  not technicalities. His intention is to demonstrate that there is indeed a joy in tax  and by embracing it we can create a fairer society and change the world for the better.  Tax has been a feature of human society for a very long time. Almost no one gives tax a good press even though  as Richard Murphy argues  it has been fundamental to the development of democracy the world over. Whilst we may not like tax very much  in contrast it is clear that we really do like the public services which governments provide. So much so  in fact  that for most of the last 300 years  people have been more than happy for governments to run deficits by spending more than they raise in taxation.  2008 apparently changed all that. The issues of debt  deficits  cuts and austerity have dominated the political agenda ever since. Virtually every aspect of the governments finances and how to rearrange them in the forlorn hope of balancing the books has been discussed in great detail. Despite that  there has been almost no real discussion during this period about what tax is for and how it contributes to the creation of the society we aspire to.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651710476341,"sku":"ByrdShop_059307517X","price":145.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780593075173.jpg?v=1781837932","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-joy-of-tax-9780593075173","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}