--- product_id: 11818006 title: "Taxing Women" brand: "edward j. mccaffery" price: "252 zł" currency: PLN in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.pl/products/11818006-taxing-women store_origin: PL region: Poland --- # Taxing Women **Brand:** edward j. mccaffery **Price:** 252 zł **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Taxing Women by edward j. mccaffery - **How much does it cost?** 252 zł with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/11818006-taxing-women) ## Best For - edward j. mccaffery enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted edward j. mccaffery brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Taxing Women - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41+QQ2R1jxL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Thought Experiment *by W***D on Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2013* Here is a thought experiment that McCaffery's well researched and prescient study puts me in mind of. (I wish I could give this book a five plus plus plus.)Imagine that you are playing a game of "Civilization." In your imaginary civilization, you are asked to create a tax code, and in your utopian society you decide that you prefer one that will privilege the single-earner home. This is your bias. You don't think two working parents is a good idea. Kids deserve at least one parent at home.First, in your tax code, you decide that the second earner's paycheck will be aggregated with and then taxed on top of the first earner's, meaning that the spouse's salary owes a higher, sometimes much higher, marginal rate on each dollar he or she earns than did the first earner.Then to meet your objective of luring the second earner out of the labor market, you ensure that this person will pay her (or his) full social security payroll tax (in 2013 up to $113,700; meanwhile stay-at-home spouses get to piggy back on half of their partner's social security contribution). When you add these income and payroll taxes onto the expenses that the second earner may incur by joining the work force, your imaginary second earner will face a marginal tax rate of over 50% on every dollar earned, not to mention childcare and other expenses required by employment. As one of my own friends put it, she (and indeed most of these second earners are women) decided to stop working as a lawyer when she realized that she was paying someone else to "live [her] life." But this was your goal, right, to slow down the migration of second earners out of the family and into the work force and thus to protect families.But, over time, what else do you suppose that you would get in your hypothetical "Civilization"? Predictably, your civilization would have not only fewer spouses working but fewer spouses period. At the lower income levels, as the Earned Income Credit phases out, the financial incentives not to marry become strong. A married worker nets less than a single worker as her entitlements phase out. At the higher income levels, especially as economic pressure increases on families during hard times, you might see the primary earner in a household works longer hours to try to keep his (and yes, this is usually a "his") family afloat. In addition, wage rates for second earners stay low because employers rationally fear these spousal workers will not persist as employees in the labor market.This imaginary tax code was the code that Edward McCaffery described in 1997, when he published "Taxing Women," and it is still the American tax code in 2013 (even with enhancements due to the Affordable Health Care Act). Is it any surprise that the conditions desired in this utopian experiment are exactly the conditions we face today: a troubling decline in marriage rates for lower income couples on the margin; a persistent wage gap for second earners across the income spectrum; a persistent lack of options for working families hoping for more flexible options for both fathers and mothers; a glass ceiling for highly trained second earner (mostly women) workers? Can we doubt that we have exactly the society we have purchased through our tax code?Is this the society we want? Apparently it is. As long as we have this tax structure--one that penalizes marriage for working families, one that crushes second earners (usually women) with numbingly high marginal tax rates, and one that encourages primary earners (usually men) to put in punishingly long hours, it is the family we will continue to have.Read MacCaffery's book and become radicalized to change this situation. It is the women's issue (the men's issue, the family issue really) that both Democrats and Republicans should be able to agree on. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book is a great overview of the American personal income tax system *by A***A on Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2016* This book is a great overview of the American personal income tax system. It also provides thoughtful insight to the socio political climate in which the system lives. The law is digestible as is the revolutionary last chapter. Very well done. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Who knew taxes influenced decisions so much? *by N***Y on Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2007* A fascinating read. I never knew how taxes played such a large affect on marriages and on working women. After reading this book, I suddenly understood that some of the root causes of the economic dilemmas for working mothers are actually caused by our tax system.McCaffery is right--we need change, and this book explains why. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pl/products/11818006-taxing-women](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/11818006-taxing-women) --- *Product available on Desertcart Poland* *Store origin: PL* *Last updated: 2026-04-23*