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Titel:The Natural Wealth of Nations
Harnessing the Market and the Environment
Person: Roodman, David Malin
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Hauptverfasser: Roodman, David Malin (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Hoboken Taylor and Francis 2014
Schriftenreihe:Worldwatch environmental alert series
Notation:QT 000
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Beschreibung:Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; 1. Harnessing the Market; I. The Price of Paying the Polluter; 2. Subsidy Anatomy; 3. Resource Subsidies; 4. Cash Subsidies; 5. Infrastructure Subsidies; II. New Directions; 6. Reforming Subsidies for the Polluter; 7. Capturing Resource Windfalls; 8. Paying the Non-Polluter; 9. Taxing the Polluter; III. From Theory to Practice; 10. Environmental Taxes: Practical Limits and Potential; 11. Making Reform Fair; 12. Tax Cuts; 13. An Eco-Industrial Revolution; 14. The Political Marketplace; Notes; Index
Every year, the world's governments spend over US 700 billion subsidizing activities that harm the environment. The Natural Wealth of Nations shows how cutting these wasteful subsidies can actually boost the economy, save tax and help the environment. By raising taxes on harmful activities like air pollution whilst cutting taxes on payrolls and profits, pollution is discouraged and both work and investment boosted. In a comprehensive global survey, The Natural Wealth of Nations provides examples from Sweden to Spain to Malalysia of the growing number of countries that are successfully using the
Umfang:305 pages
ISBN:9781134189021
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