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Shows how tax and benefits policy has undermined family life in Britain and encouraged fraud and dishonesty. This title also shows how the tax and benefits systems are particularly harsh on single-earner couples who have to earn over GBP50,000 before there is no loss from declaring their relationship to the authorities.

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Household fragmentation and the decline of marriage; The economic and social consequences of atomisation; The enemies of collaboration; Cause and effect; Rhetoric and reality; More of the same or a new policy approach?

War Between the State and the Family

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      Publisher Institute of Economic Affairs
      Published 19 March 2007
      ISBN-13 9780255365963
      978-0255365963
      ISBN-10 255365969

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Shows how tax and benefits policy has undermined family life in Britain and encouraged fraud and dishonesty. This title also shows how the tax and benefits systems are particularly harsh on single-earner couples who have to earn over GBP50,000 before there is no loss from declaring their relationship to the authorities.

      Table of Contents
      Household fragmentation and the decline of marriage; The economic and social consequences of atomisation; The enemies of collaboration; Cause and effect; Rhetoric and reality; More of the same or a new policy approach?

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