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- Property Threats and the Politics of Anti-Statism
- Property Threats and the Politics of Anti-Statism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Historical Property Threats and Contemporary Tax Burdens
- 3 Chile
- 4 Mexico
- 5 Brazil
- 6 Argentina
- 7 Conclusions
- Appendix: Interviews
- References
- Index
7 - Conclusions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 January 2021
- Property Threats and the Politics of Anti-Statism
- Property Threats and the Politics of Anti-Statism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Historical Property Threats and Contemporary Tax Burdens
- 3 Chile
- 4 Mexico
- 5 Brazil
- 6 Argentina
- 7 Conclusions
- Appendix: Interviews
- References
- Index
Summary
This concluding chapter extends the scope of the book in three ways. First, it explores the relevance of its argument for other Latin American countries. Second, it examines how well the argument travels outside this region. Finally, since the book’s argument would seem to reflect negatively on the possibility of attenuating Latin America’s profound social divisions, it closes by discussing its implications for this issue and pondering the way forward for advocates of equality. The chapter argues that the account developed to explain tax burden differences among the core cases also sheds much light on at least some other Latin American countries. While its grounding in the distinctive socioeconomic and political context of Latin America means that the argument does not perform as well elsewhere, it does speak usefully to a number of theoretical debates that transcend this region. With regard to the equality question, the chapter finds that a strategy based on gradual reform centered on the fiscal system represents the least bad of the available alternatives.
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- Property Threats and the Politics of Anti-StatismThe Historical Roots of Contemporary Tax Systems in Latin America, pp. 234 - 263Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021