Can Taxes Improve our Health and our Planet?
March 25, 2021
A look at the principles of Pigouvian Taxes as they apply to carbon emissions and sugary drinks.
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March 25, 2021
A look at the principles of Pigouvian Taxes as they apply to carbon emissions and sugary drinks.
November 23, 2020
Gib Metcalf (Tufts) and Michael Klein discuss what a carbon tax would look like, the bipartisan support for it, and how it could affect jobs and businesses.
September 10, 2020
A well-designed carbon tax could enhance tax progressivity and environmental justice and contribute to hitting environmental goals for emissions reductions.
February 13, 2020
Gilbert Metcalf (Tufts) and Michael Klein (EconoFact) discuss new research which shows that a carbon tax is likely to impact owners of capital more than workers.
May 3, 2019
More than 25 national or subnational carbon tax systems have been implemented or scheduled around the world. Lessons are emerging from their implementation and their impact on emissions.
April 7, 2018
Fuel taxes have provided funding for highways and mass transit. But the revenues from these taxes have been decreasing and falling short of existing needs.
April 11, 2017
Taxing energy intensive imports and exempting some U.S. export goods from carbon taxes could level the playing field with competitors from countries that don't have a carbon tax.
February 10, 2017
Senior Republican officials have proposed a simple fix that cuts through the Gordian knot of government policy: a carbon tax with revenues rebated as carbon dividends to all Americans on an equal per capita basis.