Daylight Robbery : How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future

Death and taxes are our inevitable fate. We've been told this since the beginning of civilisation. But what if we stopped to question our antiquated system?

• Is it fair?
• Is it capable of serving the needs of our rapidly-changing, modern society?

In Daylight Robbery, Dominic Frisby traces the origins of taxation, from its roots in the ancient world, through to today.

Key Highlights:

• The role of tax in shaping global religions
• Taxation's impact on wars and revolutions throughout history
• Absurd historical tax laws, such as paying tax for daylight or growing a beard

From the despotic to the absurd, the tax laws of the past reveal so much about how we got to where we are today—and what we can do to build a system fit for the future.

Praise for Daylight Robbery:

• "An important book for investors in gold and bitcoin" - Daniela Cambone, Stansberry Research
• "This entertaining, surprising, contrarian book is a tour de force!" - Matt Ridley, author of The Evolution of Everything
• "In this spectacular gallop through history, Frisby shows how taxation has warped, stunted and thwarted human progress" - Mark Littlewood, Director General, Institute of Economic Affairs
• "Frisby's historical interpretation and utopian ideas will outrage Left and Right" - Steve Baker, MP for Wycombe and Member of the House of Commons Treasury Committee

A fascinating book which exposes the political and economic basis of tax.