In The Joy of Tax, tax campaigner Richard Murphy challenges almost every idea yo
u have about tax. For him, tax is fundamentally about the ideas that shape the s
ort of society we want to live in, not technicalities.
His intention is to demon
strate that there is indeed a joy in tax, and by embracing it we can create a fa
irer society and change the world for the better. Tax has been a feature of huma
n society for a very long time. Almost no one gives tax a good press even though
, as Richard Murphy argues, it has been fundamental to the development of democr
acy the world over.
