Justi's moral economics and his system of taxation (1766)

First, the originality of the cameralist approach that crosscuts modern understandings of fundamental paradigmatic differences is pointed out. Second, the background of Justi's ethical, non-materialist utopia without greed and luxury in his moral-philosophical writings is presented. Third, Justi's System des Finanzwesens is analyzed. Besides his first best system of a Platonic republic, his proposal to introduce an educational Veblen tax to fundamentally revolutionize society and his third best tax system with the four main taxes of demesnes (auctioning), regalia (run by the state), Akzisen (which he in principle rejected) and his prime tax on profits are presented.