
Algorithmic Taxman
Christopher Cooke(Author)
Futuresociety (Publisher)
Published on 27. February 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
274 pages
979-8-231-45355-9 (ISBN)
Description
15 to 20 years into the future, taxes are kept to a bare minimum by political consensus. Thirty-something Mathew is recruited via an online algorithmic ad by a government agency. Its goal: to encourage well-to-do altruistic citizens to donate surplus income or wealth to the public purse. The agency selects potential donors using sophisticated algorithms. Mathew's curiosity and suspicions are soon awakened around the agency's true nature and purpose. With Emily's help, another new recruit, he begins to scrutinise the agency and its staff. Mathew's dreamworld and wargaming hobby become increasingly woven into the unfolding plot.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
390 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-231-45355-9 (9798231453559)
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Person
Christopher Cooke is a modern languages teacher who has been a Green Party councillor in Wirral since 2019. His writing is informed by his background in education and political activism.
Over the past several years, he has written in a wide range of genres and for various purposes. His second novel, Green Necropolis, follows the fortunes of a family struggling to survive in a dystopian near-future society faced with climate breakdown and an increasingly intrusive and authoritarian government.