A European sugar tax: paternalistic, counterproductive, and regressive

Hannah Bettsworth // 22 March 2019

A consumer organisation called foodwatch recently demanded that the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU put an end to its partnership …

Of course sin taxes are regressive

25 July 2018

There should be no debate about whether taxes on food, alcohol, tobacco and soft drinks (‘sin taxes’) are regressive. It can be easily demonstrated …

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