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>>[citation needed] Any economics text book.

• immibis 2y ago
  Go on. Which economics text book would tell me that if the government incentivized investments to 100x their actual value, the resulting investments wouldn't be bullshit?
  • nec4b 2y ago
    Any economic textbook will tell you increasing taxes on capital, decreases investments. No need to make up silly analogies which are false equivalences.
    • immibis 2y ago
      Then decreasing taxes on capital increases investments. Decreasing them all the way to negative ten thousand percent would increase investments a lot. Is that a good thing?
      • nec4b 2y ago
        You really aren't making an argument you think you are. If you are truly interested about macroeconomics there are plenty of good books out there from many different ideological viewpoints. Most of them explain what you are trying so vehemently disapprove with weird analogies. >> Decreasing them all the way to negative ten thousand percent would increase investments a lot. A physicist would say you have just invented perpetuum mobile. >> Is that a good thing? Does it matter if what you suggest is impossible?
        • immibis 2y ago
          Can you answer the question? No, you can't.
          • nec4b 2y ago
            The government can't incentivize investments up to 100x times or make negative 1000% taxes on investments. I thought my reference to perpetuum mobile made that clear.
            • immibis 2y ago
              Of course the government can.
              • nec4b 2y ago
                No, they really can't.