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Carbon tax: A win-win for the economy and the environment
2013-03-12 16:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Looking for a way to improve the operation of the economy, lower our dependence on foreign oil, reduce pollution, slow global warming, cut government spending, and decrease the long-term budget deficit? Then you should support a carbon tax, which could help the nation address all these issues simultaneously. A new paper Ive written with Samuel Brown and Fernando Saltiel, Carbon Taxes as Part of the Fiscal Solution, argues the tax would even be a good idea if we didnt have a budget problem. Although...
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