Zakat: Islam’s missed opportunity to limit predatory taxation
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Keywords
Zakat; Islam; Taxation; Predation; Governance; Property rights; Poverty;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N25 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Asia including Middle East
- N45 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - Asia including Middle East
- O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth
- O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East
- K34 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Tax Law
- H13 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Economics of Eminent Domain; Expropriation; Nationalization
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