> Ask them all to work for minimum wage or less in those industries. You're introducing an interesting counterpoint but I feel that it's not the question I was

> Ask them all to work for minimum wage or less in those industries. You're introducing an interesting counterpoint but I feel that it's not the question I was attempting to respond to. I was commenting on the matter of huge taxes demotivating everyone from creating anything. I am assuming that any more or less reasonable taxation would either decrease the revenue of everyone or decrease the revenue of most of the members of the wealthier N% of the population (as usual, the richest will somehow manage to avoid most taxes). Do you believe that such a scheme would make your wife leave her career for something less creative/generally useful? > I would highly recommend “basic economics” by Thomas Sowell. Adding to my looong list of books to read, thanks!