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Sheldon Whitehouse: Negative externalities should be in the price of a product and that to shift that cost to the public is a subsidy.

On the recordJune 20, 2023
Negative externalities should be in the price of a product and that to shift that cost to the public is a subsidy.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse emphasizes the economic principle regarding external costs and subsidies.

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