1/ I've been aware of Pigouvian taxes for years, and in THEORY they're actually a good idea. Some private governance organizations have policies that function this way (e.g. mall management, paying renters for positive externalities and charging them for negative). ...but https://twitter.com/bdunbar/status/1416078274103480320 …
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I could, if I squinted and used bad lighting, see an argument that property taxes are a bad implementation of a Pigouvian tax.
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It's endlessly annoying how many policies I like in theory fall into this category in practice.
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They come from an inherently more technocratic rather than purely extractive mindset. Not obvious which is worse
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Go ahead and steal my money but please don’t try to help me in the very act of doing so
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