How much would you pay for the country you want to live in?
A board game for the classroom. Each round you vote in secret on how much tax is paid and which public services it goes to. Every player stands up for their own life; if nobody stands up for everyone's, the country breaks down.
The essentials
What students learn
Progressivity, the tax burden, public goods, the free-rider problem and social exclusion, turned into decisions each player makes with their own money.
Aims and rolesHow to win
Every level of Health, Education and Social Shield gives points to everyone. Your savings give points only to you. And if Social Tension reaches 10, nobody scores anything.
The rules, step by stepWhat you need
Print the board, the cards and the voting tokens, which you can download for free. You supply the coins and cubes: the ones from any game you have at home will do.
See the materialsWhen the game ends, the conversation starts by itself: would you have voted the same way with a different role card?
The teacher runs the game and reads out each round's event. You don't need to know anything about tax to play, and it works in economics, law, citizenship or social science classes.
If you'd like to see it in action before taking it to your classroom, we can run a live game with your group, in person or online.
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