Land value taxes, soda taxes, and carbon taxes — oh my!

Explain It to Me

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News, Education, Society & Culture, Politics

4.4 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2016

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Every policy nerd has their favorite tax proposal — and today on the Weeds, Sarah, Matt, and Ezra talk about a few of theirs. What would happen if we abolished all taxes and replaced them with a land tax? Is it a good idea to tax sugary sodas? And how did the carbon tax become the default option in the environmental debate?This episode is brought to you by Texture, an app to help you binge-read your favorite magazines. get a free trial right now when you visit Texture.com/Weeds.This episode is also brought to you by Club W, which will give you $20 off your first order when you go to ClubW.com/Weeds, and will pay your shipping on orders of four bottles or more.And by Goldman Sachs. To learn about developments currently shaping markets, industries, and the global economy, subscribe to the firm’s podcast, ‘Exchanges at Goldman Sachs,’ available on iTunes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week's episode of the weeds is sponsored by Texture.
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0:06.7	Texture.com slash weeds.
0:09.1	The weeds is supported by Goldman Sachs
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0:15.0	subscribe to the firm's podcast exchanges at Goldman Sachs available on iTunes.
0:20.2	This week's episode of the weeds is sponsored by ClubW.
0:22.8	Take something off your to-do list.
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0:29.2	That's clubw.com slash weeds.
0:32.1	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:36.2	Just puts some salt on your maca and taste it.
0:37.2	Just puts salt on your maca and taste it.
0:38.2	Just puts salt on your maca and taste it.
0:46.2	Just puts salt on your maca and taste it.
0:53.2	Hello, welcome to another episode of the weeds.
0:55.2	The box's policy podcast and the Paneple Network.
0:57.2	I'm Matthew Glacias, Sarah Cliff, is this back with us?
1:00.2	Back from vacation?
1:01.2	Isn't this more fun than being gay?
1:03.2	Oh my gosh, I just love a good podcast.
1:05.2	There's a place where I ate a lot of bread and now I'm not allowed to eat bread because of a holiday.
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