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Why Reducing Taxes for Employers Does Not Raise Employment

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Employment and Development under Globalization

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The previous chapter showed that development expenditures should be financed from some sort of public funding that avoids international debt. An obvious source of such monies is tax revenue. Thus, in principle, insuring that the state has adequate financial resources to perform its functions would seem to be a fairly high priority. This would imply a commitment to assessing and collecting taxes.

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Cohn, S. (2012). Why Reducing Taxes for Employers Does Not Raise Employment. In: Employment and Development under Globalization. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137001412_7

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