There are some systemic reforms that seem easier reason about that others. Getting governments to be able to agree a tax scheme such that the Google’s and Facebook’s of the world can’t hide their profits, seems like a pretty good idea. Their money piles suggest that they aren’t hurting for cash to invest in innovation. It is hard to see the downside.
The upside is going to be less in developing world than the developed (due to more profits occurring in the developed world). So it may not be ideal. The tax justice network is something I want to follow more. They had a conversation with givewell.pdf)
There’s a sliding scale of what people consider “systematic reform”. Often people mean things like “replace capitalism”. I probably wouldn’t even have classed drug policy reform or tax reform as “systematic reform”, but it’s a vague category. Of course the simpler ones will be easier to analyze.
There are some systemic reforms that seem easier reason about that others. Getting governments to be able to agree a tax scheme such that the Google’s and Facebook’s of the world can’t hide their profits, seems like a pretty good idea. Their money piles suggest that they aren’t hurting for cash to invest in innovation. It is hard to see the downside.
The upside is going to be less in developing world than the developed (due to more profits occurring in the developed world). So it may not be ideal. The tax justice network is something I want to follow more. They had a conversation with givewell.pdf)
There’s a sliding scale of what people consider “systematic reform”. Often people mean things like “replace capitalism”. I probably wouldn’t even have classed drug policy reform or tax reform as “systematic reform”, but it’s a vague category. Of course the simpler ones will be easier to analyze.