Hints and tips:
...The natural way to fund vital public investment, which underpins the wealth of the entire economy, is by a tax on the wealth of the entire economy....
...The story is full of allegorical meaning relevant to the politics of the 1890s, when L. Frank Baum wrote the original book, but it is easy to see contemporary parallels, too....
...However, Mr Gilbert is not one to dwell on macro economic trends when there are pips to be squeezed on the P&L....
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