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A Nobel Economist's Plan To Tax Digital Ads

A Nobel Economist's Plan To Tax Digital Ads

Published 1 year, 7 months ago
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In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Daron Acemoglu, MIT Economist and recent winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, to talk about his daring - and likely effective - plan to tax all digital advertising revenue over $500m at 50% as well as how we might adjust incentives to bring big tech under control.

PAPER: https://shapingwork.mit.edu/research/the-urgent-need-to-tax-digital-advertising/ 

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