One way to sell a tax on carbon: Cut other taxes

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An interview with Nigel Topping, CEO of the We Mean Business coalition of 400 companies and 183 investors, about the emerging consensus on the need for carbon pricing

We need jobs to keep the economy going. We need companies to create those jobs. We don't need carbon pollution. So why tax the things we need, like jobs, with a payroll tax? Why not tax carbon instead?...

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