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I have intentionally given this essay a somewhat challenging title and, from the outset, I have taken up a rather heterodox position in opposition to the traditional doctrines. However, the essay contains not so much a new principle of just taxation, than a method to ensure that such measure of justice as can be attained is in fact achieved in practice.
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Wicksell, K. (1958). A New Principle of Just Taxation. In: Musgrave, R.A., Peacock, A.T. (eds) Classics in the Theory of Public Finance. International Economic Association Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23426-4_6
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