Econ Comments & Analysis
Washington Times | A carbon tax would make no sense
All too many bad ideas get endlessly recycled — the carbon tax is one of them. A carbon tax could be a tax on coal, oil and gas carbon-dioxide emissions from power plants and other sources. Do you know how much carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere? It is a little less than 400 parts per million. Do you know what the optimum level of carbon dioxide is? No one does, even though some have the extreme conceit to think they do.
Fortune | How tax dodgers can survive the Swiss bank bust
Some Swiss bank holders may choose to move funds to other offshore havens like Singapore or the Cook Islands.
