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On the recordJuly 15, 2009
I find it ironic, as some of colleagues demonize cap-and-trade, that to the extent that I studied anything as an undergraduate at Ohio State, I studied economics.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper reflects on the irony of criticism towards cap-and-trade despite its economic basis.

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