Dr. Saifedean Ammous | Alif Leong | Activity https://academy.saifedean.com/members/alif-leong/activity/ Activity feed for Alif Leong. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:05:13 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 e8abec08ff20b4409b5184ccdbd45c2a Alif Leong replied to the discussion Religious taxation with government coercion in the forum Principles of Economics https://academy.saifedean.com/forums/discussion/religious-taxation-with-government-coercion/#post-54659 Wed, 19 Jun 2024 14:07:38 +0000 Reply to Religious taxation with government coercion

Thank you, Mosab.

]]> 8ebafb235d82d248c64959b97dba438c Alif Leong started the discussion Religious taxation with government coercion in the forum Principles of Economics https://academy.saifedean.com/forums/discussion/religious-taxation-with-government-coercion/ Thu, 30 May 2024 07:17:55 +0000 Religious taxation with government coercion

Hi all,

I’m just getting through lecture 17, and it’s clear to me that taxation is economically inefficient because of the lack of economic calculation, the use of coercion, etc.

But what about religious taxation that is backed by government coercion? In Malaysia, where I’m from, we have a “zakat” which is basically a religious tax to help the…

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