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27 November 2024

Finance Watch's Philliponnat:The cost of action and the cost of inaction: genuinely incorporating the environment into the budget debate

The current budget debate is an accounting matter: how can we increase revenue and cut spending to reduce deficits in order to comply with EU budgetary rules that limit public deficit to 3% of GDP and national debt to 60%?

These rules, which the vast majority of economists agree are meaningless,...

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