Mostly summarized
from Gregory Mankiw’s Principles of Economics, 5th Ed.
PART 3 Markets and
Welfare
Chapter 8 of 36 Application: The Costs
of Taxation
Section 11 of 11
…
Chapter 8 conclusion.
One of the Ten
Principles of Economics, #6: markets are usually a good way to organize
economic activity.
Here we have seen when government imposes taxes on buyers or
sellers of a good
· society loses some of the benefits of market efficiency
· total consumer + supplier surplus loss exceeds the tax
revenue gain
Taxes impose costs on market participants not only because
taxes transfer resources from those participants to the government but also
because they alter incentives and distort market outcomes.
Governments and economists attempt to design a tax system
with the right balance between
· lower taxes and bigger economy
· higher taxes and more government services
(end of Chapter 8 of 36)
… …
Congratulations!
8/36 = 22% of way to becoming a competent economist.
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