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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>I’m sorry. Did somebody say something about consumers acting rationally?<BR>
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On 7/24/12 10:44 AM, "David Bergman" <<a href="bergman@cyberg.com">bergman@cyberg.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>I preach this all the time, though not as the only solution. But the institutional and international barriers to implementing this are huge -- which is why I can't think of it as the only solution.<BR>
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See for instance <BR>
Six Policies Economists Love (And Politicians Hate)<BR>
<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/07/19/157047211/six-policies-economists-love-and-politicians-hate">http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/07/19/157047211/six-policies-economists-love-and-politicians-hate</a><BR>
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<<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/07/19/157047211/six-policies-economists-love-and-politicians-hate">http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/07/19/157047211/six-policies-economists-love-and-politicians-hate</a>> David Bergman RA LEED AP<BR>
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At 09:03 AM 7/24/2012, Grace Annam wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>That's why the only substantive long-term solution is to, as much as possible, see that the costs are born by the people creating them. ALL the costs, including the long-term and far-away costs.<BR>
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Then the economists can sit back and have a field day while we all go about making rational choices on how to spend our money...<BR>
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Grace<BR>
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