@article{1433462,
      recid = {1433462},
      author = {Thom, Michael,},
      title = {Taxing sin /},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
      abstract = {Conventional wisdom dictates that those goods which are  said to cause harm or impose costs on society deserve a  special tax. For centuries, governments have levied these  "sin taxes" on alcohol and tobacco, but the list of taxable  sins has now grown to include soda and marijuana, with  calls to impose further taxes on plastic bags, meat, and  even robots and carbon. Contrary to what experts and  policymakers tell us, many of these alleged sins impose  very little, if any, cost on society, and the harms that do  exist can be minimized without resorting to tax. What  follows in this book is a discussion of four case studieson  tobacco, marijuana, alcohol and sodawhich make the case  against the conventional wisdom in taxing these "sins",  before concluding that when it comes to taxing sin, it is  time for governments to forgiveand forget. Michael Thom is  an Associate Professor in the Sol Price School of Public  Policy at the University of Southern California, USA.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1433462},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49176-5},
}