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Show HN: We instituted a Harberger Tax for leaderboard spots

1 pointsby akrolsmirabout 3 years ago

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akrolsmirabout 3 years ago
Hi HN! We were inspired by Radical Markets to set up a Harberger Tax on all our leaderboard spots. This means that instead of trying to make good predictions in our markets in the hopes of turning a profit, users can just buy a leaderboard position directly.<p>Harberger Taxes are cool because they present a possible solution for how to efficiently assess, for example, land values in the real world. I&#x27;m super excited to be prototyping out this new mechanism, and to see how Harberger Taxes function in the real world! We have more details on the implementation on our Substack: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;manifoldmarkets.substack.com&#x2F;p&#x2F;below-the-fold-manafold-markets-is?s=w" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;manifoldmarkets.substack.com&#x2F;p&#x2F;below-the-fold-manafo...</a>