The Law And The Profits
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What happens when taxation, bureaucracy, and human folly collide? In The Law and the Profits, the brilliantly sardonic C. Northcote Parkinson — the mind behind the legendary Parkinson's Law — turns his razor-sharp wit on the world of public finance, arguing with devastating clarity that government expenditure inevitably rises to meet, and then exceed, any available income. With the same incisive humour that made his earlier work a global sensation, Parkinson chronicles the inexorable growth of taxation and public spending, illustrating how financial excess becomes not merely a habit of governments, but a law of nature unto itself. Enriched by the wonderfully satirical illustrations of Osbert Lancaster, this is a work that sits at the intersection of political economy and comic masterpiece — a tradition rooted in the finest British essayists. Parkinson's style is deceptively light: his prose disarms with wit even as it delivers pointed, prescient arguments about the nature of fiscal irresponsibility that remain startlingly relevant decades after publication. Readers who believe they understand how governments truly manage money may find their certainties delightfully, and disturbingly, overturned.
Author: C. Northcote Parkinson
Format: Paperback
Published: 1960, Houghton Mifflin
Genre: Business & economics
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What happens when taxation, bureaucracy, and human folly collide? In The Law and the Profits, the brilliantly sardonic C. Northcote Parkinson — the mind behind the legendary Parkinson's Law — turns his razor-sharp wit on the world of public finance, arguing with devastating clarity that government expenditure inevitably rises to meet, and then exceed, any available income. With the same incisive humour that made his earlier work a global sensation, Parkinson chronicles the inexorable growth of taxation and public spending, illustrating how financial excess becomes not merely a habit of governments, but a law of nature unto itself. Enriched by the wonderfully satirical illustrations of Osbert Lancaster, this is a work that sits at the intersection of political economy and comic masterpiece — a tradition rooted in the finest British essayists. Parkinson's style is deceptively light: his prose disarms with wit even as it delivers pointed, prescient arguments about the nature of fiscal irresponsibility that remain startlingly relevant decades after publication. Readers who believe they understand how governments truly manage money may find their certainties delightfully, and disturbingly, overturned.