Martha Gimbel

American economist

  1. In general, economists tend to like taxing the final output rather than inputs because it means that you don't produce as efficiently.
    Martha Gimbel · The Indicator from Planet Money · Should we tax AI? · 2026-06-10
  2. If you're taxing per token and you have a scientist in a lab trying to cure cancer and they're using a ton of tokens, They then bear the cost of the token tax, whereas the call center that doesn't require as many tokens to replace its workers doesn't.
    Martha Gimbel · The Indicator from Planet Money · Should we tax AI? · 2026-06-10