> Also, many people will argue that if a market is subject to such taxes, then it is no longer a free market.
Well, yeah.
“Free market” doesn't mean “free of regulation of which I personally disapprove”. If government has a thumb on the scale deliberately skewing outcomes, it's not a free market.
> Perhaps you're not one of them and would consider such people misguided ideologues
What does ideology have to do with that? One can oppose l’aissez faire capitalism (which Info, heartily) and recognize that Pigovian taxes are contrary to it.
Well, yeah.
“Free market” doesn't mean “free of regulation of which I personally disapprove”. If government has a thumb on the scale deliberately skewing outcomes, it's not a free market.
> Perhaps you're not one of them and would consider such people misguided ideologues
What does ideology have to do with that? One can oppose l’aissez faire capitalism (which Info, heartily) and recognize that Pigovian taxes are contrary to it.