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A '''green tax shift''' is a reduction in taxes on [[labour]] and an increase in taxes on [[waste]] and [[natural resources]]. It is believe to drastically improve [[employability]] and motivate [[product stewardship]], as companies that do not practice such stewardship end up paying more for [[waste disposal]]. | A '''green tax shift''' is a reduction in taxes on [[labour]] and an increase in taxes on [[waste]] and [[natural resources]]. It is believe to drastically improve [[employability]] and motivate [[product stewardship]], as companies that do not practice such stewardship end up paying more for [[waste disposal]]. | ||
It is one way in which [[comprehensive outcome]]s can be reflected in a [[price premium]]. [[Consumerium Services]] of course are another way this can happen. Combining the two would make [[price]] and [[Consumerium buying signal]] converge: the less desirable the product, the higher the taxes, thus the price. In a green tax shifted system the [[price premium]] | It is one way in which [[comprehensive outcome]]s can be reflected in a [[price premium]]. [[Consumerium Services]] of course are another way this can happen. Combining the two would make [[price]] and [[Consumerium buying signal]] converge: the less desirable the product, the higher the taxes, thus the price. In a green tax shifted system the [[price premium]] could be much lower and still motivate buying the more ecologically desirable product, since taxes would fill in the gap and try (by deliberate policy) to reduce the pricing gap, making the ecologically desirable product more affordable to more consumers. | ||
In the extreme | In the extreme a green tax shift motivates the [[industrial ecology]] attitude where all output, even "waste", of one process, is treated as the resources of another: [[waste as resource]]. This is a key tenet of [[Natural Capitalism]]. | ||
''See [[w:green tax shift]] for a more detailed description, though vandalized.'' | ''See [[w:green tax shift]] for a more detailed description, though one often vandalized by advocates of unlimited and cancerous [[w:economic growth]].'' | ||