... 1950.5Defensivepositions,1970±1979214Opposition,1970±1974217Democracyandtaxpolicy,1974±1979232Publicexpenditure,taxationandthetradeunionpresence246Change2566Epilogue:NewLabour,oldproblems?2597Conclusion269Selectbibliography274Index287viii ContentsTables1 Increases in the rates of certain direct personal taxes,1913/1914±1919/1920page 192 Indices of ta x receipts and nominal national income,1949±19641333 Income ... remark by Dr (later Professor) John Vincent at a gathering in Oxford in May 1973 aroused my interest in taxation and politics, but I haveincurred many other debts since then which I am also happy ... taxation in a largely unexamined way asan instrument for achieving their aims. Yet it was only when theirproposals intersected with particular interests that the dif®culties in- herent in the...