October 31, 2011 1:03PM 

# Taxes, Economics, and Halloween 

By [Daniel J. Mitchell](https://www.cato.org/people/daniel-mitchell) 

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Seems like this is an appropriate day for this lesson about tax policy.

The last thirty seconds of the three-minute video actually contain some very good economics, roughly akin to [this classic cartoon](http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/this-cartoon-is-very-funny-but-also-does-a-great-job-of-teaching-economics/). Yes, incentives matter.

Speaking of cartoons, here’s [one with a Halloween theme](http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/trick-or-treat-at-1600-pennsylvania-avenue/).

And since it is Halloween and everyone is thinking about candy, these two parodies of The Candyman song ([here ](http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/candy-from-obama/)and [here](http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/great-video-sadly-not-one-of-mine/)) are rather appropriate.

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[Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics), [Tax and Budget Policy](https://www.cato.org/tax-budget-policy) 

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