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Senate happy to routinely extend $30b in tax breaks; not so happy to assess whether the subsidies do what they were supposed to

One important provision dropped from the Senate's "compromise" tax bill was a requirement that the the Joint Committee on Taxation and the Government Accountability Office actually evaluate tax pro

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Pew Subsidyscope launches energy subsidy module

Congratulations to the Marcus Peacock's team at Subsidyscope (and, to Kevin Webb's group at the Sunlight Foundation -- they have also played an instrumental role), for the launch of their energy su

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Gaining Traction: The importance of transparency in accelerating the reform of fossil-fuel subsidies

An accurate picture of the level and nature of subsidization is a necessary first step towards r ...

The Budget Inferno

Detailed look at the hierarchy of subsidies within the US federal government, using the analogy o ...

Memorandum on the Need to Improve Internal Transparency and Participation in the WTO

(Word Document). Written by 10 NGOs: The Third World Network, Oxfam International, Public Services I ...
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