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Slowly, surely, the green tax revolution gathers pace

13 October 2011 •

New green taxes in China and Australia are part of an accelerating trend

It is one of the few things on which economists agree. Externalities result in market failures, and the most effective means of correcting those market failures is to internalise the externalities by pricing...

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