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Comment by Leonard Wossnig

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Author of a 2026 economic model on automation, AI rents, and taxation.
The appropriate policy depends decisively on whether a country owns the automation or imports it: for a host that owns the rent the problem is domestic inequality, reached by progressive and wealth taxes; for a rent-importing host the problem is base erosion and a gradual transfer of capital ownership abroad, which a residence-based wealth tax cannot reach.
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Leonard Wossnig, “Simulating a Post-Automation Economy,” arXiv, June 7, 2026.
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Governments should tax capital, not labor, as AI makes human work less central to the economy
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AI Verified Quote addresses automation-era tax policy and endorses wealth/progressive taxes for the capital-owning host, bearing on capital rather than labor taxation. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Wossnig identifies wealth/progressive taxes for automation-generated capital rent and inequality, supporting capital-focused taxation as work recedes. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago

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AI Verified arXiv:2606.20649 abstract (7 Jun 2026) by Leonard Wossnig reproduces the quote verbatim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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