Back to Course OutlinePrinciples of Microeconomics
Lesson· Taxes and Subsidies· 1 of 10
Commodity Taxes
Tyler CowenGeorge Mason University
In this video we cover taxes and tax revenue and subsidies on goods. We discuss commodity taxes, including who pays the tax and lost gains from trade, also called deadweight loss. We’ll take a look at the tax wedge and apply what we learn to the example of Social Security taxes.