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Main argument against a windfall tax is a standard #ruleoflaw argument that laws (and by extension taxes) should be predictable; one might argue that a windfall tax is arbitrary & punishes behaviour that was legal at the time (again retrospective legality is generally seen as not being fair under a the rule of law);
2nd Q.; you set a level for 'normal profits' then impose a windfall tax when profits are by some set margin persistently above that - but could be gamed, of course
Emeritus Prof Christopher May /
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2023-11-29 06:16:33
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