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How Carbon Taxes Are Reshaping Public Budgets Worldwide
Episode 70 of The Fiscal Policy Podcast explores how carbon taxes are quietly transforming government balance sheets. Lucas and Luna examine British Columbia's revenue-neutral carbon tax model, which cut income taxes while pricing pollution, and compare it to Canada's federal backstop and Sweden's high-rate success. They unpack why carbon tax revenue fell 12 percent in British Columbia after a rate freeze, the political backlash in France with the gilets jaunes, and how Ireland used carbon tax receipts to fund retrofits for low-income households. The episode digs into the…
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