infospace: process book-5-chapter-02
Extract entities, map to VSM, and synthesize analysis.
This commit is contained in:
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
|
||||
<!-- generated: provider=openrouter model=arcee-ai/trinity-large-preview:free date=2026-02-19 source=book-5-chapter-02 -->
|
||||
|
||||
# Tax Farming
|
||||
|
||||
## Definition
|
||||
|
||||
The practice of leasing the right to collect taxes to private individuals or
|
||||
companies for a fixed rent, who then profit from any amount they collect above
|
||||
that rent, often leading to excessive and oppressive collection methods.
|
||||
|
||||
## Source Chapter
|
||||
|
||||
Book V, Chapter 2
|
||||
|
||||
## Context
|
||||
|
||||
Smith criticizes tax farming as an inefficient and oppressive method of
|
||||
revenue collection that encourages corruption, excessive enforcement, and
|
||||
the extraction of profits by farmers at the expense of the public.
|
||||
|
||||
## Economic Domain
|
||||
|
||||
General Theory
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
Reference in New Issue
Block a user