Tagged: economics

Planet Money
4:56 am
Thu March 22, 2012

From Abe Lincoln To Donald Duck: History Of The Income Tax

The story of how the U.S. wound up with the income tax is the story of two wars, a Supreme Court justice on his death bed, and Donald Duck.

It's also the story of how the government overcame three obstacles.

Obstacle No. 1: Logistics

How do you make sure people pay?

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Word of Mouth - Segment
11:33 am
Mon December 19, 2011

A Year of Big Ideas

We smack a big red bow on our 11 for '11 series of conversations with big thinkers.

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