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The Myth of Ownership: Taxes and Justice (Updated Edition) by Liam B. Murphy, Thomas Nagel Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2004 ISBN-10: 0-19-517656-1 / 0195176561 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-517656-8 / 9780195176568 In a capitalist economy, taxes are the most important instrument by which the political system puts into practice a conception of economic and distributive justice. Taxes arouse strong passions, fuelled not only by conflicts of economic self-interest, but by conflicting ideas of fairness. Taking as |