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April 6, 2012

Cap-and-Trade Makes Us Poorer & 'Dirtier'

Tom Tanton, MasterResource


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In Part One yesterday, I summarized the recent research by U.C. Berkeley researcher Margaret Taylor, which found that cap-and-trade programs (CTP) impede technological innovation. Not only do they stifle future technological improvements, CTP often erase past improvements. . .

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