The New York Times Magazine "Year In Ideas" issue is great again. One of the 70 ideas covered is Mankiw & Weinzierl’s proposal, floated in April, to tax the tall: Should we tax tall workers at a higher rate than their shorter peers? The answer – yes – "follows inexorably" from reigning academic theories of taxation, argues Greg Mankiw. … Using optimal-taxation formulas, Mankiw and Weinzierl crunch the numbers and come up with a "tall tax" amounting to 7 percent of a tall person’s income. Short people would receive a 13 percent rebate.
Tax The Tall
Tax The Tall
Tax The Tall
The New York Times Magazine "Year In Ideas" issue is great again. One of the 70 ideas covered is Mankiw & Weinzierl’s proposal, floated in April, to tax the tall: Should we tax tall workers at a higher rate than their shorter peers? The answer – yes – "follows inexorably" from reigning academic theories of taxation, argues Greg Mankiw. … Using optimal-taxation formulas, Mankiw and Weinzierl crunch the numbers and come up with a "tall tax" amounting to 7 percent of a tall person’s income. Short people would receive a 13 percent rebate.
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