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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Energy Subsidies in a Free Market

By John Wilson, November 17, 2011
Bob Inglis’ call to “simultaneously eliminat[e] all subsidies” for energy is another way that he believes we can use the “power of free markets” to make better choices about energy use. Although “subsidies” are often discussed, it is a concept that is hard to pin down. The World Trade Organization definition of a subsidy amounts to, “a financial contribution by a government, or agent of a...  » Continue...

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