Why top demagogues (Jim Hansen, Florida Power, RAND, Exxon, AEI, Margo Thorning, major economists, George Will) prefer rebated carbon taxes

Margo Thorning / ACCF to W. Va. Conservative Foundation: policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are warranted, and a carbon tax is strongly preferable over cap and trade

TT`s Lost in Tokyo — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:04:41 GMT

Margo Thorning, Chief Economist and SVP at the influential American Council for Capital Formation (and

Exxon/Rex Tillerson: No longer willing to be "conservative" on climate risks, advocates carbon taxes and invests in carbon-lite tech

TT`s Lost in Tokyo — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:57:34 GMT

It may still seem novel to some, but Exxon Mobil Corporation began throwing its weight behind carbon

Jim Manzi/Cato on climate: with flabby "libertariarian sinews", he advocates no panic, but domestic climate science and technology investments

TT`s Lost in Tokyo — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:22:58 GMT

[UPDATE: See my follow-up post .] Cato Unbound's new climate issue features a lead essay by Jim Manzi

Jim Manzi/Cato on climate: with flabby "libertariarian sinews", he advocates no panic, but domestic climate science and technology investments

TT`s Lost in Tokyo — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:35:44 GMT

Cato Unbound's new climate issue features a lead essay by Jim Manzi , who is an MIT- and Wharton

Jim Manzi/Cato on climate: with flabby "libertariarian sinews", he advocates domestic climate science and technology investments

TT`s Lost in Tokyo — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:19:42 GMT

Cato Unbound's new climate issue features a lead essay by Jim Manzi , who is an MIT- and Wharton

Friedman: Energy taxes have destroyed Denmark - not

TT`s Lost in Tokyo — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:40:47 GMT

Thomas Friedman has an op-ed at the New York Times that describes some of Denmark's energy taxation

Paul Krugman: "The only way we’re going to get action ... is if those who stand in the way of action come to be perceived as not just wrong but immoral."

TT`s Lost in Tokyo — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:03:18 GMT

Paul Krugman reaches the above conclusion in his August 1 New York Time op-ed , which asks "Can

More carbon tax advocacy, this time from Jerry Taylor/Cato, in a piece criticizing Pickens' plan

TT`s Lost in Tokyo — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:58:11 GMT

Jerry Taylor , a senior fellow at the Cato Institute , published a pithy criticism in last week's

Mind Games: Bret Stephens of The Wall Street Journal panders to "skeptics" by abjuring science and declaring himself an expert on "mass neurosis"

TT`s Lost in Tokyo — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:53:16 GMT

On July 1, The Wall Street Journal ran a jaw-droppingly astonishing, juvenile and profoundly self-deluded

re: Why top demagogues (Jim Hansen, Florida Power, RAND, Exxon, AEI, Margo Thoring, major economists, George Will) prefer rebated carbon taxes

TokyoTom — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:24:15 GMT

Senora Lucia, thank you. My reference to demagogues in the heading is an acknowledgement that a fair percentage of the clear thinkers at the libertarian Ludwig von Mises Institute (which kindly hosts my subversive blog) consider virtually anyone who supports a state action to be a demagogue.

I don't entirely disagree with them, but am sufficiently "unclean", independent and pragmatic that I consider it my contribution to LVMI to try to keep those who object to the growth of the state aware of (and, if possible, engaged with) those others who are pushing for such action.

re: Why top demagogues (Jim Hansen, Florida Power, RAND, Exxon, AEI, Margo Thoring, major economists, George Will) prefer rebated carbon taxes

lucia — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:57:40 GMT

Well...those aren't all demagogues. Interesting read.