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How to design carbon taxes
The levies raise revenue and reduce emissions. But their unpopularity is a problem
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “When the levy breaks”
Finance & economics August 18th 2018
- Turkey’s crisis is not fundamentally contagious
- The contrarian case for emerging markets
- Australia’s lauded private-pension system is under scrutiny
- Litigation finance offers investors attractive yields
- Life-insurance policies with perks make it to America
- New software helps uncover Mafia crime masked as ordinary business
- African governments let too many taxpayers off the hook
- How to design carbon taxes
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