Denmark's Book-VAT Abolition

Updated: 2025.08.21 6M ago 1 sources
A national test of cutting a 25% value-added tax on books to zero to boost reading as a cultural-policy lever. — If price-sensitive demand meaningfully lifts reading, tax policy becomes a tool to counter attention-economy displacement and literacy inequality; if not, it challenges subsidy/tax-cut approaches to cultural decline.

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The decline in reading for pleasure
Tyler Cowen 2025.08.21 100% relevant
The article notes Denmark abolishing its world-high 25% book VAT specifically to increase reading.
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