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Showdown at Gucci Gulch

by Jeffrey Birnbaum, Alan Murray · 1987

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The Tax Reform Act of 1986 was the single most sweeping change in the history of America's income tax. It was also the best political and economic story of its time. Here, in the anecdotal style of The Making of the President, two Wall Street Journal reporters provide the first complete picture of how this tax revolution went from an improbable dream to a widely hailed reality.

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USAUSAMore like thisLess of thisWashington DCWashington DCMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 336 pages

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