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Andrew Pery

Can we tax the robots?

A line of robots typing at computers.

For over a century, public finance has rested on a straightforward social contract: individuals work, earn income, and contribute taxes, and in return, governments provide social protection and public goods.

That balance is now shifting. The rapid rise of LLMs and AI tools is challenging the foundations of this arrangement, disrupting how income is generated. In turn, this is shifting how governments raise revenue.

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