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Comment by Yosef Bonaparte

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Professor of Finance at the University of Colorado Denver, researching automation and fiscal policy.
Instead, we propose an alternative framework that focuses on taxing economic rents, capital income, and excess profits generated by automation, while simultaneously investing in human capital, reskilling, and innovation.
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Yosef Bonaparte, “Should We Tax Robots? Innovation, Productivity, and the Future of Fiscal Policy,” SSRN, January 20, 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 The author explicitly proposes taxing economic rents, capital income, and automation excess profits rather than a direct robot tax; this supports the statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Recorded answer for matches: the quote explicitly favors taxing capital income, rents, and automation excess profits, supporting the statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago

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AI Verified SSRN abstract for Bonaparte (20 Jan 2026) attributes this exact sentence to the sole author and reproduces it verbatim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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