https://webspace.utexas.edu/deverj/personal/test/hume.pdf
See especially pp. 170-173, where I cite earlier authors (besides Rothbard, Spencer Pack, and Peacock) who have defended the view that Smith has progressive tax policies.
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Sent: Fri, June 4, 2010 2:09:27 PM
Subject: Re: [SHOE] Progressive taxation
Dear all,
Sorry for the previous message, which was
totally wrong. What I would like to say is as follows:
As I understand the four principles of taxation in WN,
it is rather difficult to believe that Smith "supported mildly progressive taxation."
Eric, you are kindly requested to indicate you URL where
I can take a look at your PhD thesis.
Cheers,
Yukihiro Ikeda
Eric Schliesser ????????:
> Adam Smith supported mildly progressive taxation. Rothbard is quite critical of Smith over this. I wrote about this in my PhD thesis (easily available online), where I show that Smith can be construed as even more progressive than Rothbard thought.
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> Sent from Iphone
> Eric Schliesser
> Bof Research Professor
> Philosophy and moral Sciences,
> Ghent university Ghent, 9000, Belgium
> Tel: (31)-(0)6-15005958
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> On 3 jun 2010, at 17:49, CARLOS RODRIGUEZ BRAUN <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Among the old fallacies that have enjoyed a renaissance with the current economic crisis is the supposedly impeccable idea of taxing "the rich". I think that classical economists favoured in general indirect against direct taxes, and did not support a permanent income tax, and even less a progressive one. Can J.S.Mill stand as an exception? Was there an economist who supported progressive taxation in the classical period, or perhaps before?
> Carlos Rodríguez Braun
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