The only
virtue of carbon taxes is that if carefully done they can be more efficient than administrative regulations.
I'm actually kind of giddy over all the recent talk of
the virtues of a carbon tax, versus those of cap - and - trade.
No, one of the ostensible
virtues of a carbon tax or a cap - and - trade system is that they are «market - based» solutions, which allow governments to address climate change in a flexible way, rather than imposing a top - down solution of picking winners and losers.
Not exact matches
It is well understood that special interests prefer to see the matter
of one
of virtue rather than economics and to be paid for being virtuous; they go through great contortions to prevent «
carbon taxes» from even being considered.