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Optimum “health tax” for meat calculated
8th November 2018
There has been lots of interest in this new research from Oxford University which makes the claim that a health tax on red and processed meat could prevent more than 220,000 deaths and save over US$40 billion in healthcare costs every year. Read the paper here.
Should red meat be taxed? This kind of case study brings in many micro and macro aspects including market failures from externalities and information gaps.
Governments already tax products like sugar, alcohol and tobacco in an effort to stop people buying them. Should red meat be added to that list? World Business Report finds out more https://t.co/6QD7TjB2qQ pic.twitter.com/2gjlNwVtFF
— BBC Business (@BBCBusiness) November 8, 2018
Would you pay double for a bacon butty? 🥓
— BBC Radio 5 Live (@bbc5live) November 7, 2018
Or would a ‘meat tax’ persuade you to cut down on your red meat consumption? 🥩 🤔https://t.co/vEeSHuS6a9 pic.twitter.com/1rAqh6yRsk
Could a meat tax save almost 6,000 lives each year? https://t.co/pgxLzqwoQI pic.twitter.com/Ri8yizafdm
— ITV News (@itvnews) November 6, 2018
A meat tax could save thousands of lives and slash healthcare costs, according to researchers.
— Sky News (@SkyNews) November 7, 2018
This vegan restaurant owner says he would support a tax on farmed meats.
Here's what a tax would do to the cost of your morning sausages: https://t.co/eBNRiBU8yo pic.twitter.com/lccRsPdHGU
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Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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