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How capital taxes harm economic growth: Britain versus the United States


Abstract: The different methods used by Great Britain and the United States to finance World War II had a significant impact on postwar economic growth in the two countries. In this article, Lee Ohanian discusses the evolution of war-finance policies in the two countries and examines how the different approaches?taxing capital income versus issuing government debt?led to differences in economic performance after the war.

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Part of Series: Business Review

Publication Date: 1997

Issue: Jul

Pages: 17-27