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Re:Taiwan ban single-use plastic straws, plastic bags, dispo... by londons_explore on Thursday February 22, 2018 @11:58AM (#16439023)
A ban is effectively an infinite fee.

A small fee seems like a good halfway point between having no fee and an infinite fee.

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Re:Taiwan ban single-use plastic straws, plastic bags, dispo... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday February 22, 2018 @12:09PM (#16439135)
> A ban is effectively an infinite fee

It’s the probability of getting caught times the cost of the punishment. That’s the other problem with a ban. “Probability of getting caught” being a cost center, authorities prefer giant fines with low enforcement costs; this results in a system favouring the politically connected.

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