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Berhanu Nega

Berhanu Nega

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Berhanu Nega is a member of the Executive Committee and Chairman of the 2005 campaign of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy, Ethiopia’s main opposition party.He was formerly the President of the Ethiopian Economic Association.

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    The Logic of Effective Climate Action

    Barry Eichengreen

    The starting point for addressing climate change, economists agree, is a tax on carbon. But while the resulting reduction in emissions would benefit virtually everyone on the planet, those who bear a disproportionate share of the costs will mobilize in opposition – that is, unless they are given a reason not to.

     argues that the best way to overcome organized resistance to a carbon tax is to buy it off.
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