Fat tax: Denmark
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Earlier this year, the Royal Economics Society had the Young Economist of the Year competition with one of the titles being to debate the use of a Fat Tax. This week, Denmark have announced exactly such a tax on some of its foods! Read more here.
Supporting article on the Danish fat tax from Time Magazine
And this feature on the efficiency and equity arguments surrounding the fat tax from Steve Sexton writing in the Freakonomics blog.
Tags: economics, food, market failure, externalities, government failure, intervention, denmark, fat tax
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