Attention Economy


Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Centrist Libertarianism – Rethinking the Role of Government in the 21st Century

A New Center Being Born

DEFENDING THE OPEN SOCIETY
Public Policy for an Age of Extremes
https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/a-politics-of-public-goods

Taxes, Government Transfers and Wealth Inequality by Eugene Steuerle
“… economies must nourish and protect private capital accumulation if they are to prosper. And there’s just no getting around the reality that a vibrant democracy must grapple with the tensions created by both the need to accumulate wealth and the demand for a just distribution of the power and freedom that wealth — not just income — provides....
Republicans seem committed to reducing (not increasing) taxes on the wealthy, while Democrats reflexively support redistribution to those less well off, even when the program design reduces incentives to save and work. Both parties unite effectively to disfavor investments with longer-term payoffs”.