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Comment by Simon Johnson
Nobel laureate economist; MIT Sloan professor; former IMF chief economist; co-author of Power and Progress
The tax code in the US and many other countries places a heavier burden on firms that hire labor than on those that invest in algorithms to automate work. [...] Policymakers should aim to create a more symmetric tax structure, equalizing marginal tax rates for hiring (and training) labor and for investing in equipment and software.
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(2026)
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Quote attributed to Simon Johnson (2026), co-author with Daron Acemoglu and David Autor of "Building pro-worker AI" (Hamilton Project / Brookings, Feb 2026). The Brookings source_url returned HTTP 403 to automated fetching, but web search corroborated the article at that exact URL and confirmed the recommendation near-verbatim: rebalancing the tax code toward "a more symmetric tax structure where marginal taxes for hiring and training workers and for investing in equipment and/or software are brought into closer alignment," noting the code currently favors automation over labor. Year (2026) current and correct. Author attribution confirmed (Johnson is a co-author). Vote alignment correct: the quote argues to remove the tax code's bias that favors capital/automation over labor — i.e., shift the relative burden toward capital — which supports the statement "Governments should tax capital, not labor, as AI makes human work less central to the economy," matching the "for" vote.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 17d ago
replying to Simon Johnson