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Aftermath : The Unintended Consequences of Public Policies.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington : Cato Institute, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (119 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781939709394
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: AftermathDDC classification:
  • 320.60973
LOC classification:
  • JK468.P64 -- .H36 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES -- PREFACE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Federal Income Taxes: Funding the Welfare State -- 3. Cigarettes: Creating Crime through Taxes -- 4. The Minimum Wage: Promoting Teenage Unemployment -- 5. The Fruits of Alcohol Prohibition: Poison Booze, Crime, and Corruption -- 6. Be Careful What You Wish For -- NOTES -- REFERENCES.
Summary: When government imposes new taxes, rules, or regulations, it creates outcomes that often differ from the original intent. In some cases, these outcomes are so severe that they render the policy a failure. The law of unintended consequences has taken on an increasing importance during the era of ever-expanding government, and this book explores four important examples: cigarette taxes, alcohol prohibition, the minimum wage, and federal income tax.
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES -- PREFACE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Federal Income Taxes: Funding the Welfare State -- 3. Cigarettes: Creating Crime through Taxes -- 4. The Minimum Wage: Promoting Teenage Unemployment -- 5. The Fruits of Alcohol Prohibition: Poison Booze, Crime, and Corruption -- 6. Be Careful What You Wish For -- NOTES -- REFERENCES.

When government imposes new taxes, rules, or regulations, it creates outcomes that often differ from the original intent. In some cases, these outcomes are so severe that they render the policy a failure. The law of unintended consequences has taken on an increasing importance during the era of ever-expanding government, and this book explores four important examples: cigarette taxes, alcohol prohibition, the minimum wage, and federal income tax.

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