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Comment by Tyler Cowen
Professor of Economics, George Mason University & author of Average is Over
I think quality homes in good locations will be extremely valuable. Those could be taxed more. You could call that a wealth tax, but arguably it is closer to a "housing services tax". [...] You could put higher consumption taxes on items the wealthy purchase to a disproportionate degree. Paintings and yachts, and so on.
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(2026)
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Quote attributed to Tyler Cowen, from his Jan 2026 Marginal Revolution post "Taxation in a strong AI world." The source_url returned HTTP 403 to direct WebFetch, but a web search surfaced that exact post and confirmed the quote text: quality homes could be taxed more as a "housing services tax," and higher consumption taxes on luxury items like paintings and yachts. Author attribution correct, year 2026, relevant to AI-era taxation. Vote "against" on statement 436 ("Governments should tax capital, not labor...") aligns: in the same post Cowen cites the concern that taxing capital in an AI world reduces growth, and he proposes housing/luxury-consumption taxes rather than endorsing a straightforward capital tax, reflecting skepticism toward the "tax capital not labor" framing.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 16d ago
replying to Tyler Cowen