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Wind Turbines - Government Subsidies have Unintended Effects

Jonny Clark

11th February 2015

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There was a short item on the Channel 4 news last night that I thought was a good example of what we teach as an 'unintended affect' of Government policy which leads to failure. The example given was the inefficient use of wind turbines.

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Jonny Clark

Jon Clark has been teaching economics and business studies for over 25 years primarily in the Further Education sector. Before joining tutor2u, he was a senior manager at South Cheshire College in Crewe.

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