Taxing sin / Michael Thom.
Thom, Michael, 1982- author.
2021
HJ5711
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Title Taxing sin / Michael Thom.
Author Thom, Michael, 1982- author.
ISBN 9783030491765 (electronic bk.)
3030491765 (electronic bk.)
3030491757
9783030491758
9783030491772
3030491773
9783030491758 (pbk.)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49176-5
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Language English
Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-49176-5 doi
Call Number HJ5711
Dewey Decimal Classification 336.278
Summary 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.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 23, 2021).
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1. Tax Your Sins, Experts Say
2. Taxing Soda
3. Taxing Alcohol
4. Taxing Tobacco
5. Taxing Marijuana
6. Taxing Twenty-First Century Sins
7. Don't Tax Sin, Forgive It.

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