diff --git a/src/exponential_tax/core.clj b/src/exponential_tax/core.clj index 01d1caf..4022c43 100644 --- a/src/exponential_tax/core.clj +++ b/src/exponential_tax/core.clj @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ;;; ;;; In Scotland (and in many third world countries), ownership of land is highly concentrated in the hands of a very few, very rich people. This is bad from many points of view; this document isn't really the place to make those arguments. ;;; -;;; For more of the argument, read: +;;; For more of the argument, read my essays: ;;; ;;; * [Quarter of a million crofts](http://blog.journeyman.cc/2014/12/quarter-of-million-crofts.html) ;;; * [The Law of Freedom in a Web Page](http://blog.journeyman.cc/2015/03/the-law-of-freedom-in-web-page-or-true.html) @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ exponent (second %)))) holdings) - :columns ["Holding" "Tax"])) + :columns ['Holding 'Tax])) ;; @@ ;; => ;;; {"type":"html","content":"#'exponential-tax.core/sample-taxes","value":"#'exponential-tax.core/sample-taxes"} @@ -148,11 +148,13 @@ ;;; ;;; ### The constant ;;; -;;; The constant is the amount the first hectare is taxed. It can be very small - a few pennies will do to start. +;;; The constant is the amount the first hectare is taxed. It can be very small - a few pennies will do to start. See what the consequences are when you change this. +;;; +;;; *(After changing it, re-evaluate the whole worksheet - \[ctrl\]-\[shift\]-\[enter\])*. ;; ** ;; @@ -(def c 1) +(def c 0.25) ;; @@ ;; => ;;; {"type":"html","content":"#'exponential-tax.core/c","value":"#'exponential-tax.core/c"} @@ -161,11 +163,13 @@ ;; ** ;;; ### The exponent ;;; -;;; The exponent is the amount each successive hectare's tax is multiplied by. It, too, can be surprisingly small - it needs to be above one, but it doesn't need to be much above one. +;;; The exponent is the amount each successive hectare's tax is multiplied by. It, too, can be surprisingly small - it needs to be above one, but it doesn't need to be much above one. Again, see what happens when you change this. +;;; +;;; *(After changing it, re-evaluate the whole worksheet - \[ctrl\]-\[shift\]-\[enter\])*. ;; ** ;; @@ -(def e 1.05) +(def e 1.01) ;; @@ ;; => ;;; {"type":"html","content":"#'exponential-tax.core/e","value":"#'exponential-tax.core/e"} @@ -179,9 +183,11 @@ (sample-taxes c e holding-sizes) ;; @@ ;; => -;;; {"type":"list-like","open":"
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