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Alan Lowenthal: “For years, the world's top economists have been saying that in not accounting for climate change, we have created a…”

On the recordJuly 21, 2015
For years, the world's top economists have been saying that in not accounting for climate change, we have created a market failure.
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Alan Lowenthal
Democratic · California

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Lowenthal highlights the economic impact of ignoring climate change in market assessments.

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