Download or read book Showdown at Gucci Gulch written by Alan Murray and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-12-22 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tax Reform Act of 1986 was the single most sweeping change in the history of America's income tax. It was also the best political and economic story of its time. Here, in the anecdotal style of The Making of the President, two Wall Street Journal reporters provide the first complete picture of how this tax revolution went from an improbable dream to a widely hailed reality.