Perverse Subsidies

Tax $s Undercutting Our Economies and Environments Alike

• Author(s): Norman Myers, Jennifer Kent,
• Publisher: IISD
• Pages: 230
• ISBN_10: 189553609X
  ISBN_13: 9781895536096
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Economics / General , Business & Economics / Development / Sustainable Development , Political Science / Public Policy / Environmental Policy ,

Description:... Much of the global economy depends on large scale government intervention in the form of subsidies, many of which are perverse in that they damage economies and environments. This study offers a view of subsidies world-wide with focus on the extent, causes and consequences of perverse subsidies.