For Your Own Good: Taxes, Paternalism, and Fiscal Discrimination in the Twenty-First Century

Motivated as much by a need to increase revenues as by desire to do good, politicians often claim that ‘sin taxes’ will fund projects that promote public health and curb unhealthy behavior. This panel will feature a discussion of topics from Adam Hoffer and Todd Nesbit’s book, For Your Own Good: Taxes, Paternalism, and Fiscal Discrimination in the Twenty-First Century. The book proposes that sin taxes often represent inefficient public policy and may lead to a host of ill effects and unintended consequences.

The Event is Free and Open to the Public. Lunch is included.

Registration Required. Visit wcucsfe.org to register