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George Kerevan - It could pay to offer people a healthy cash incentive



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YOU probably won't have heard of Santiago Levy, a mustachioed Mexican economist who once did a stint as his country's deputy finance minister.

But the 900 habitual smokers in Dundee who are being paid £12.50 a week for the next two years to kick the tobacco habit are beneficiaries of Mr Levy's intellectual revolution.

As are the young men in Tanzania being paid £25 a year – a fortune ...



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  • Last Updated: 25 June 2008 10:59 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: George Kerevan
 
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Calvinist,

26/06/2008 22:26:10
Don't patronise us Kerevan, of course we've heard of Santiago Levy.

 

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