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Chapter 15: The Big Picture (pages 181-192)
Posted 7/02/10
Summary in haiku form
Competition needs
Lots of tender loving care
Plus a carbon tax.Summary in one paragraph
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Notes on specific pages
Link to Edgeworth Box
Page 185: Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen won the 1996 Nobel Prize “for his contributions to welfare economics.”
Page 189: “Now that’s an idea worthy of a Nobel Prize!”
Marty Weitzman [...][more]
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Ten observations about conservatives and climate change
Posted 7/01/10
1. Conservatives are definitely not going away in the short-term—they are likely to pick up seats this coming November—and they are almost certainly not going away in the long-term either.
2. Right now most conservatives don’t much care about climate change, but some of them do care. These include local folks like Todd Myers and national [...][more]
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Chapter 16: Conclusion (pages 193-204)
Posted 7/01/10
Summary in haiku form
Is the big question
Still unanswered in your mind?
Study more econ.Summary in one paragraph
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Notes on specific pages
Page 198: Ken Arrow, Gerard Debreu, and the “Invisible Hand Theorems”
Ken Arrow shared the 1972 Nobel Prize (with John Hicks) “for their pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare [...][more]
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In the news
Posted 6/29/10
In Ireland, a Picture of the High Cost of Austerity
Robert C. Byrd, a Pillar of the Senate, Dies at 92. “I lost no opportunity,” Mr. Byrd said, “to promote funding for programs and projects of benefit to the people back home.”
Farm Workers’ Rights, 70 Years Overdue
Labor’s New Critics: Old Allies in Elected Office
Reichert’s new [...][more]
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In the news
Posted 6/22/10
Climate Leadership, Economic Prosperity: Final Report on an Economic Study of Greenhouse Gas Targets and Policies for Canada. Suggests a carbon tax of hundreds of dollars per ton would be needed to meet 2020 goals. Something similar for the UK is here, from the Economist: “When the good folk at Cambridge Econometrics fed this requirement [...]
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In the news
Posted 6/14/10
No Closing Time for Income Taxes. “Roosevelt and Congress did respond to the repeal windfall [from alcohol taxes after the repeal of Prohibition] by cutting income tax rates for workers earning less than $3,000 a year…”
Oil Spill May Spur Action on Energy, Probably Not on Climate
What about China and India?
Text of Justice David Souter’s [...][more]
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Time to explore new directions for U.S. climate policy
Posted 6/13/10
The 2nd half of 2010 may open a window of opportunity for carbon taxes, and the West Coast is in perfect position to play a leading role. Details in the rest of the post and/or in this memo on carbon pricing in Washington State that I worked on with Sightline Institute. [More...]
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In the news
Posted 5/21/10
Tea Party Pick [Rand Paul] Causes Uproar on Civil Rights. More here. Here’s a comment I sent to the NYT: “I have followed this whole controversy reasonably closely (i.e., I watched the interview twice online) and so I was surprised to see this statement in the NYT: Asked by Ms. Maddow if a private business [...]
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In the news
Posted 5/12/10
Senate Gets Climate and Energy Bill, Modified by the Gulf Spill. Don’t hold your breath. See also Graham Calls for ‘Pause’ in Pursuing Energy Bill. Oh, and this: Suspension of AB32 headed to state ballot.
From a new book about Obama:
Mr. Alter soon finds his voice, using his considerable access to the president and his aides [...][more]
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In the news
Posted 5/05/10
Laugh Lines: How Fed Officials Yuk it Up
David Frum, A Buckley For Our Time
Traumatized trees: Bug them enough, they get fired up. Impact of climate change on forest fires.
Washington initiative would end state’s liquor monopoly
Google climate change chief wants price on carbon
With Flights Grounded, Kenya’s Produce Wilts
Tickling the Money Bone, an article about me [...][more]
