Federal taxation in America: a history

Anglo-American regimes, 1607-1788

Creating a modern fiscal state, 1788-1861

The Civil War regime, 1861-1916

The World War I regime, 1916-1935

Roosevelt's regimes, 1935-1945

The era of easy finance, 1945-1980

"Reagan revolution," 1980-1986

Fiscal consolidation and revival of the old tax regime, 1986-2000

Victory for a retro-liberal regime, 2000-2009

Fiscal paralysis, 2009-2015.