A Nobel Economist's Plan To Tax Digital Ads
Better Offline30 Loka 2024

A Nobel Economist's Plan To Tax Digital Ads

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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