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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Feb 20

      Something we may see more of: Many people in some industry move to some lower-tax jurisdiction, and as a result it becomes a genuine hub of that industry.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-19/-everyone-s-here-microstate-is-unlikely-hub-for-youtube-stars …

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    2. Nick Walker‏ @nw3 Feb 20
      Replying to @paulg

      How do you prevent a race to the bottom?

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Feb 20
      Replying to @nw3

      Having regions compete to be the most efficiently run seems the opposite of a race to the bottom.

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        1. Mariano Zorrilla‏ @geekmz Feb 20
          Replying to @paulg @nw3

          Logan Paul is moving to Puerto Rico for the exact same reason.

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        2. Dan‏ @dd36bb Feb 20
          Replying to @paulg @nw3

          Efficiency can, unfortunately, mean underinvestment in infrastructure.

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        3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Feb 20
          Replying to @dd36bb @nw3

          By definition it cannot.

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        2. Víctor Marín‏ @Erthelillo Feb 20
          Replying to @paulg @nw3

          Andorra has no army, neither huge empty landmass that trains and highways have to cross to connect cities. But still probably way more efficient in their competences.

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        3. Nick Walker‏ @nw3 Feb 20
          Replying to @Erthelillo @paulg

          America’s flat tax and low tax crowd has no issue paying for a $1 trillion military. It’s pretty much everything else they hate.

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        1. Johnny‏ @johnnydocontra Feb 20
          Replying to @paulg @nw3

          There is no trade off. Singapore have a huge state in scope (welfare, public housing, state owned companies) but a very limited state in scale (tax rates low, small population) mainly because they have a efficient government. The best real world example of the Tiebout Model.

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        2. Ruben Zorian‏ @RubenZorian Feb 20
          Replying to @paulg @nw3

          Race to the bottom gets prevented by things like when your power grid collapses during a freeze and you learn that maybe there's a service you might want to buck up on for the sake of future residents.

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        3. David Pinsen‏ @dpinsen Feb 20
          Replying to @RubenZorian @paulg @nw3

          Is that where San Francisco’s high taxes are going, to make its power grid ultra reliable?

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        2. Dominic Lavelle  ♻️‏ @DominicLavelle1 Feb 20
          Replying to @paulg @nw3

          People don’t live in Monaco because it’s more efficiently run A race to the bottom is a real risk. In fact it is already happening The solution is a floor on Government taxation rates agreed internationally for the wealthy... very hard to achieve in practice given power dynamic

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