Tag: optimal tax policy

11 Feb 2008

The Simple Tax Return: Where is the Paternalist Objection?

I certainly agree this is a good idea. It is a real world application of libertarian paternalism, which seems to garner some rather absurd objections. I wonder how much my comfort with the idea of a sane default with easy overriding comes from my computer background. However, I don’t believe the idea is completely original. [...]