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Throughout theeconomy .
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House narrowly passed a broad "economywide" cap-and-trade bill last year.
Home/News 2010
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CBO determined “that the net annual economywide cost of the cap-and-trade program in 2020 would be $22 billion — or about $175 per household.”
Wonk Room » EPA: Waxman-Markey Will Lower Electricity Bills 2009
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That is because the unions are able to recognize the economywide cost of too-high wages and temper their demands accordingly.
A Coordination Question in Wage-Bargaining Reform Matthew Dalton 2011
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Just as a technical matter, net economywide savings must equal investment.
Consumption Tax?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Democrats are hoping that a recent evaluation by Congressional Budget Office (CBO), which estimates that the annual economywide cost of the cap-and-trade program in 2020 would be $22 billion - or about $175 per household, is enough to alleviate concerns of some members.
House Democrats unsure of global warming bill's passage 2009
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"On the other hand it's just one town, so you don't take the economywide repercussions into account either."
A Coordination Question in Wage-Bargaining Reform Matthew Dalton 2011
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Though Republicans have long falsely claimed that a cap-and-trade program will cost every American family $3,000, a new analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found "that the net annual economywide cost of the cap-and-trade program in 2020 would be $22 billion -- or about $175 per household."
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The increase in fees is part of a great economywide readjustment in which many goods and services that used to be essentially free during the credit orgy now cost money.
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On that basis, CBO estimates that the net annual economywide cost of the cap-and-trade program in 2020 would be $22 billion—or about $175 per household.
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Developing countries will also need to play their part by drawing up their own emission-reduction plans, building toward the adoption of appropriate and economywide commitments by 2020.
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