金じゃないんだよ、地位とか、尊厳とか、社会的つながりなんだよ、と。

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The economists who won the Nobel Prize & who were generally viewed as very deserving wrote a piece 2 week ago on why economic incentives dont work, incl why billionnaires are unlikely to move bc of taxes

(empirical data confirms this at US state level)https://t.co/p5N3E3P9bP

— Omar Khan (@omaromalleykhan) 2019年11月2日

We see it among the rich. No one seriously believes that salary caps lead top athletes to work less hard in the United States than they do in Europe, where there is no cap. Research shows that when top tax rates go up, tax evasion increases (and people try to move), but the rich don’t work less.

We see it among the poor. Notwithstanding talk about “welfare queens,” 40 years of evidence shows that the poor do not stop working when welfare becomes more generous.

Only 52 percent said they would move for a job, and this fell to 32 percent of those who were actually unemployed. Seventy-two percent of them declared that an increase in taxes would “not at all” lead them to stop working. Thirteen percent of respondents said they would probably work less if they received Medicaid without a work requirement; 12 percent said they would stop working if there were a universal basic income. In other words, “Everyone else responds to incentives, but I don’t.”

If it is not financial incentives, what else might people care about? The answer is something we know in our guts: status, dignity, social connections. Chief executives and top athletes are driven by the desire to win and be the best. The poor will walk away from social benefits if they come with being treated like a criminal. And among the middle class, the fear of losing their sense of who they are and their status in the local community can be an extraordinarily paralyzing force.

T.A.A. could be made much more generous, both in its coverage and in the benefits it offers.

Third, we should not be unduly scared of raising taxes to pay for these projects. There is no evidence that it would disrupt the economy. This is, of course, a touchy subject politically: The idea of raising taxes on anyone but the very rich is not popular. So we should start with raising the rates on top income and adding a wealth tax, as many have proposed.

　　税金上げたからといって富裕層が働かなくなるわけでもなく、生活支援金増やしたからといって貧困層が働かなくなるわけでもなく、遠くに仕事があるからと言って、遠くに移住するわけでもない。人間の動機になるのは金じゃないーー 地位とか、尊厳とか、社会的つながりとか、そんなもんなんだよ、と。

　だから、富裕層から富裕税とって、それを再雇用の教育プログラム、住居補助金、失業保険金などにもっと使ったほうがいいじゃないか、と。