Candy & Taxes

A game about personal income, the economy, government, and social policy

How to play:

Click “Let’s Play!” and the computer will randomly assign you to a quintile. The number of pieces of candy indicate your economic position or quintile. Click on the different taxation schemes (Regressive, Proportional, Progressive, and Progressive with Redistribution). Observe what happens to your candy and to the candy of the other players with each taxation scheme.