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Blogs Liberty and Power Plastic vs. Paper

Jan 12, 2009

Plastic vs. Paper

by Liberty and Power

The latest issue of the San Francisco Weekly (Jan 7-13, 2008) has an outstanding article on the heavy environmental costs of San Francisco's recent ban on plastic bags. Written by Joe Eskenazi, it is entitled"Baggage." David Henderson highlights the article's important paragraphs over at EconLog.