Tax
Taxes are where economic theory meets everyone's paycheck - the ideas on this site made concrete, twice a month, on your payslip.
How we got here →
From Rome's tributum and bricked-up windows to Pitt's wartime income tax, 90% top rates, the supply-side turn, and the global minimum corporate tax - with the economists whose ideas drove each change.
How countries tax today →
Sourced, dated rates for ~45 countries - income, corporate, VAT, tax-to-GDP - plus a side-by-side compare tool, a “you decide” regime calculator, and an honest Laffer curve.
The main timeline has a tax-history layer too - toggle it on to see how tax milestones line up with the economists.