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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><br>
See for instance <br>
Six Policies Economists Love (And Politicians Hate)<br>
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At 09:03 AM 7/24/2012, Grace Annam wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">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><br>
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><br>
Grace<br><br>
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