Background
Brennan, Harold Geoffrey was born on September 15, 1944 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. Son of Harold Neville and Jessie (Patterson) Brennan.
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Democracy and Decision : The Pure Theory of Electoral Preference (Hardcover)--by Geoffrey Brennan 2007 Edition
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THE POWER TO TAX: ANALYTIC FOUNDATIONS OF A FISCAL CONSTITUTION By Brennan, Geoffrey ( Author) 2012 Hardcover
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The Reason of Rules: Constitutional Political Economy by Geoffrey Brennan (2008-08-28)
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The Power to Tax: Analytic Foundations of a Fiscal Constitution
(Should government's power to tax be limited? The events o...)
Should government's power to tax be limited? The events of the late 1970s in the wake of California's Proposition 13 brought this question very sharply into popular focus. Whether the power to tax should be restricted, and if so how, are issues of immediate policy significance. Providing a serious analysis of these issues, the authors of this 1980 book offer an approach to the understanding and evaluation of the fiscal system, one that yields profound implications. The central question becomes: how much 'power to tax' would the citizen voluntarily grant to government as a party to some initial social contract devising a fiscal constitution? Those in office are assumed to exploit the power assigned to them to the maximum possible extent: government is modelled as 'revenue-maximizing Leviathan'. Armed with such a model, the authors proceed to trace out the restrictions on the power to tax that might be expected to emerge from the citizen's constitutional deliberations.
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Harold Geoffrey Brennan
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Education
Bachelor of Science with honors in Economics, Australian National U., Canberra, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National U., 1976.
Career
Lecturer, Australian National U., 1968-1972; senior lecturer, Australian National U., 1973-1978; professor Economics faculty, Australian National U., 1984-1988; professor Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National U., since 1988; director Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National U., 1991-1996; professor, Public Choice Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, 1978-1984.
Achievements
Works
book
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The Power to Tax: Analytic Foundations of a Fiscal Constitution
(Should government's power to tax be limited? The events o...)
- Democracy and Decision : The Pure Theory of Electoral Preference (Hardcover)--by Geoffrey Brennan 2007 Edition
- THE POWER TO TAX: ANALYTIC FOUNDATIONS OF A FISCAL CONSTITUTION By Brennan, Geoffrey ( Author) 2012 Hardcover
- The Reason of Rules: Constitutional Political Economy by Geoffrey Brennan (2008-08-28)
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The Power to Tax: Analytic Foundations of a Fiscal Constitution
Membership
Fellow Academy Social Sciences in Australia.
Connections
Married Margaret Gytha Youngman, December 14, 1968. Children: Susan Margaret, Michael Andrew, Philip Alexander, Robyn Elizabeth.
