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The Single Tax in Montreal and Toronto, 1880 to 1920: Successes, Failures and the Transformation of an Idea

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  • Gregory J. Levine

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. Interest in the Single Tax, an important response to the dilemmas of industrial capitalism, arose in Canada in the late nineteenth century as it had in other lands. Embracing an historical materialism tempered by an appreciation of cultural forces such as religion and ethnicity, the debates over this important tax proposal are charted and explained. While seeing tax policy and tax debates as reflective of social power, the transformation of the Single Tax project is traced from a form of social critique to an attempt to alter the municipal tax base. Awareness of the different class forces involved in the debate and of the different cultures of these two great metropoles into which it was introduced is maintained.

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  • Gregory J. Levine, 1993. "The Single Tax in Montreal and Toronto, 1880 to 1920: Successes, Failures and the Transformation of an Idea," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 52(4), pages 417-432, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ajecsc:v:52:y:1993:i:4:p:417-432
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1993.tb02566.x
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