{"product_id":"the-limits-of-symbolic-reform-the-new-deal-and-taxation-19331939-paperback-9780521521246","title":"The Limits of Symbolic Reform; The New Deal and Taxation, 19331939 (Paperback) 9780521521246","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Limits of Symbolic Reform\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe New Deal and Taxation, 19331939\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMark Leff examines the gap between politics and economics, between symbol and substance in the New Deal.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMark H. Leff (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521521246, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 13 November 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.4 x 2 cm, 0.509 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn The Limits of Symbolic Reform, Mark Leff examines the gap between politics and economics, between symbol and substance in the New Deal. The New Deal never lacked for controversy, and tax policy reliably aroused the fiercest of emotions. Franklin Roosevelt's celebrated tax reform proposals - presented amidst verbal barrages against 'economic royalists' and the 'unjust concentration of wealth and economic power' - signified almost nothing in terms of revenue. Cosmetic higher rates on upper-income brackets generated far less revenue than lower-profile New Deal taxes on agricultural products, liquor, and payrolls (through social security) that burdened low incomes. But while 'soak the rich' tax initiatives were economically inconsequential, they were politically crucial to the image of compassion and action projected by the New Deal. Leff's analysis clarifies the reform priorities and the balance of political and economic that produced this paradoxical New Deal tax machinery.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: political imagery and financial reality\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Prelude to Reform: The New Deal Tax System. 1933–1935: 1. Taxing the forgotten man\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Congressional origins of soak-the-rich taxation\u003cbr\u003e Part II. One Part Revenue, Two Parts Rhetoric: The Reform Impulse in the Ascendant, 1935–1937: 3. The paradox of symbolic reform: enacting a wealth tax without sharing the wealth\u003cbr\u003e 4. Before the fall: New Deal tax reform, 1936–1937\u003cbr\u003e Part III. New Deal Taxation under Siege, 1937–1939: 5. The recession cometh\u003cbr\u003e 6. New Deal taxation and the business community, 1937–1939\u003cbr\u003e 7. The unkindest cuts of all: tax legislation in 1938 and 1939\u003cbr\u003e 8. Taxation, symbolic politics, and the New Deal legacy\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913326944536,"sku":"9780521521246","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521521246i_aa273d13-599e-43fa-8c47-d105c9b1670d.jpg?v=1691383597","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-limits-of-symbolic-reform-the-new-deal-and-taxation-19331939-paperback-9780521521246","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}