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Book SynopsisThe US tax system was designed in the 1930s and 1940s, when the typical American household was a single-income family with a male breadwinner and a female homemaker. Writing for an audience with no prior knowledge of tax, this study shows how the modern tax system penalizes two-earner families.
Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1: Women on the Margin 2: A Bit of History, 1913 to 1948 3: Still His Story, 1948 to the Present 4: Social Security Isn't What It Looks to Be 5: Piling It on the Margin 6: Taxing Families 7: Some Taxing Hope 8: Not Just the Facts 9: The Curious Nostalgia of the Contracts 10: Not Just Tax 11: Not Just the Gender Gap 12: On Doing Nothing, and Some Things to Do Notes Bibliography Index
