[lbo-talk] Did William Petty (1623-1687) pioneer the carbon tax?

michael perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Tue Aug 18 07:50:35 PDT 2009


It is stable, easier to measure, hard to game

"Of all the Accumulative Excizes, that of Harthmoney or Smoak-money seems the best; and that onely because the easiest, and clearest, and fittest to ground a certain Revenue upon; it being easie to tell the number of Harths, which remove not as Heads or Polls do: Moreover, 'tis more easie to pay a small Tax, then to alter or abrogate Harths, even though they are useless and supernumerary; nor is it possible to cover them, because most of the neighbours know them; nor in new Building will any man who gives forty shillings for making a Chimney be without it for two."

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Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901 www.michaelperelman.wordpress.com



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