Taxation | Benjamin W. Powell

Benjamin Powell analyzes the economics of taxation from different perspectives: economic efficiency, ethics, and public choice.

CONTENT OF THIS VIDEO:
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Ethics and taxation
01:30 Theories of consent
07:25 Efficiency of taxation
08:41 Public goods and externalities
10:52 Marginal benefit and social marginal benefit
14:30 Redistribution of wealth
15:58 Economic efficiency and deadweight loss
25:33 Social marginal benefit
31:00 Role of public choice
34:31 Income tax and fair tax
36:12 Constitutional prohibitions
36:40 Competition in taxation
42:32 End credits

ABOUT BENJAMIN POWELL:
Benjamin Powell is Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, Director of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University, and former President of the Association of Private Enterprise Education. Dr. Powell received his Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University.

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