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How to design carbon taxes

The levies raise revenue and reduce emissions. But their unpopularity is a problem

This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “When the levy breaks”

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Could war in the Gulf push oil to $100 a barrel?

Missiles are flying over a region that supplies a third of the world’s crude

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How bond investors soured on France

They now regard the euro zone’s second-largest economy as riskier than Spain



Why economic warfare nearly always misses its target

There is no such thing as a strategic commodity

A tonne of public debt is never made public

New research suggests governments routinely hide their borrowing