people who work and invest in AI frequently ask me why their work polls so badly
Great coverage of AI Tax options, leading with @sanders.senate.gov' plan for an AI Equity Tax to make the public co-owners of AI, based on the "Sharing the Algorithm" Columbia Journal of Tax Law article I wrote with @bearerfriend.bsky.social
nytimes.com/2026/06/13/b...
Not to brag, but… my proposal with @polcz.bsky.social to tax AI perfectly meets the moment here.
Systemically important AI firms should pay a tax with equity so the public co-owns them. I can totally see the Right and the Left agreeing on this.
I'm not just a tax professor. I also play one on TV.
youtu.be/2mDEqasSUvI
Good digest of our recent AI tax work if want to see all one place
taxprofblog.aals.org/2026/06/09/b...
Jeremy Bearer-Friend (GW) and Sarah Polcz’s (UC Davis) proposal for taxing generative Ai has received some recent and notable attention. In a recent New York Times op-ed, Bernie Sanders referenced it ...
Wow even the Economist endorses our AI tax proposal! A tax paid with stock, not cash, starting to feel inevitable.
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Taxation as freedom from Aristocracy!
Are taxes enough?
www.economist.com
Know any congressmen looking to tax AI? We’ve got a proposal for them.
“Our AI tax would give the public fractional ownership, alongside private investors, in large AI firms.”
Full op-ed here:
thehill.com/opinion/tech...
Wow! @sanders.senate.gov .senate.gov sure liked our article on how to tax AI! He took my proposal with Prof @bearerfriend.bsky.social to the max (Bernie being Bernie…) but he meets the moment: the idea is AI companies should pay a tax with stock, not just cash. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/o...
Reminder that, if Thomas Paine’s tax proposal were in effect, Musk would face a 100 percent tax rate on any annual gains above $1 billion.
Full detailed in my paper with @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Blackstone and Anthropic are partnering to use AI to overhaul private equity-owned sectors, potentially leading to mass unemployment, while an AI tax paid with stock could help to share the rewards…
Thomas Paine’s writing helped spur the American colonies to independence and ensure that the new nation would be a republic, not a monarchy. In light of the ren
