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Watch c-span - they are talking a lot about taxes in the upcoming days. inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/schedule.csp 05:50 AM EST 1:10 (est.) Speech Greenspan Fraud Loyola Marymount University Ravi Batra , Southern Methodist University Navin Doshi , Loyola Marymount University Speech Greenspan Fraud Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, California (United States) ID: 186973 - 05/18/2005 - 1:19 - $29.95 Batra, Ravi, Professor, Southern Methodist University, Economics Doshi, Navin, Member, Loyola Marymount University, Advisory Board Ravi Batra talked about his book Greenspan's Fraud: How Two Decades of His Policies Have Undermined the Global Economy, published by Palgrave Macmillan. He argues that policies of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan have damaged the middle class. In the book he critiques Mr. Greenspan's views on social security, minimum wage, and taxes. Mr. Batra asserts that the chairman's economic policies shift with presidential leadership with no regard for the American public. In his remarks he talked about the state of the economy, Mr. Greenspan's influence on Wall Street and financial decision making, and past efforts to manage federal spending, budget deficits, and tax policy. He also responded to questions from members of the audience. 04:59 PM EST 0:46 (est.) Speech The Great Tax Wars Politics and Prose Bookstore Steven Weisman Speech The Great Tax Wars Politics and Prose Bookstore Washington, District of Columbia (United States) ID: 172795 - 09/23/2002 - 0:47 - $29.95 Mr. Weisman talked about his new book, The Great Tax Wars: From Lincoln to Wilson -- The Fierce Battles over Money and Power That Transformed the Nation, published by Simon and Schuster. In it, he follows the evolution of the income tax through six decades, from the Civil War through the end of World War I. Weisman's book provides a special insight into this subject and describes how this tax has been both the fairest yet most controversial of American taxes. Following his presentation, he answered questions from members of the audience. 05:46 PM EST 1:13 (est.) Speech If Americans Really Understood the Income Tax Borders Books & Music John Fox , Mount Holyoke College Speech If Americans Really Understood the Income Tax Borders Books & Music Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States) ID: 164882 - 06/13/2001 - 1:14 - $29.95 Fox, John, Visiting Lecturer, Mount Holyoke College, Complex Organizations Program John Fox talked about his book If Americans Really Understood the Income Tax: Uncovering Our Most Expensive Ignorance, published by Westview Press. He suggested that the values of our government are represented in the tax system, saying that Congress has pursued social and economic programs through the tax system by using deductions and credits that amounted to 3 trillion dollars in 2000 of un-taxed income. Mr. Fox said the U.S. would have a stronger economy without these provisions and suggested doing away with all but the most essential special relief provisions, and implementing a simpler tax code that would reduce taxes for all brackets. Mr. Fox said that he wrote the book to empower taxpayers with useful information for times when political candidates propose additional tax reforms. He answered questions from audience members at the end of the program.