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flag Denmark cuts book VAT to zero amid declining youth reading proficiency across Europe and the US.

flag Denmark reduced the VAT rate on books to zero to combat a "reading crisis," but experts say this may not reverse the trend of declining reading proficiency among young people. flag Reading performance is dropping in Denmark and across Europe, as well as in the US, where fewer than half of adults read a book in the last year. flag The decline is linked to the addictive nature of social media, which diverts attention from books.

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