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The Tampon Book : A Book against Tax Discrimination

Geoff Riley

1st July 2019

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Thinking counter-intuitively - this ingenious advertising campaign by-passed a German law which taxed tampons at 17 percent and prompted fresh political pressure to reform.

The Tampon Book : A Book against Tax Discrimination
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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty 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 and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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