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Comment by Anton Korinek
Economist at University of Virginia and Brookings Institution; researcher on AI economics and public finance
AI threatens to erode the first pillar—taxes on labor—by reducing demand for human labor across many occupations. [...] The main burden of taxation will have to shift away from labor.
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(2026)
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Year 2026 (current; Jan 2026). Brookings source returns HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but web search confirmed the quote from "The future of tax policy: A public finance framework for the age of AI" by Anton Korinek and Lee Lockwood. The article argues "AI threatens to erode the first pillar—taxes on labor—by reducing demand for human labor across many occupations" and that "the main burden of taxation will have to shift away from labor." Corroborated by the underlying NBER working paper (w34873) and Global Government Forum coverage. Attribution to Anton Korinek (UVA/Brookings economist) is correct. The vote "for" on statement 436 ("Governments should tax capital, not labor, as AI makes human work less central to the economy") aligns: the quote argues the tax burden must move off labor as AI reduces labor demand. (Note: the paper's broader prescription also includes consumption/other tax bases, but the core thrust of shifting away from labor taxation matches the statement.)
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 12d ago
replying to Anton Korinek