David Zetland's libertarian-environmental blog, Aguanomics , has recently been carrying on some excellent discussions on resource and environmental economics, with interlocutors like Bob Murphy , Gene Callahan and others. In the context of two recent posts on government approaches to climate change...
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TokyoTom
on Mon, Jul 14 2008
Filed under: AGW, carbon pricing, Callahan, climate change, Nordhaus, Bob Murphy, David Zetland, Mankiw, Pigou, coase
In response to my comments last month to Bob Murphy 's June 4 blog post, Cap and Trade Is Not a "Market Solution" , Bob has kindly noted on the blog thread his intention not to let my comments on his post remain the last word: Just following up on an old thread here: TokyoTom, I have to...
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TokyoTom
on Mon, Jul 7 2008
Filed under: AGW, carbon pricing, climate change, Weitzman, Bob Murphy, cost-benefit
Bob Murphy , an economist at Rob Bradley 's Institute for Energy Research , has posted on the main Mises Blog a link to a paper that he has submitted to an economic journal, " Rolling the DICE: Nordhaus' Dubious Case for a Carbon Tax ". [Update: Bob thoughtfully copied environmental...
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TokyoTom
on Thu, Jun 5 2008
Filed under: climate change, Weitzman, Bob Murphy, Rob Bradley, cost-benefit, Schelling, William Nordhaus, Arrow, Stiglitz, David Zetland
I copy below comments I made on June 11 (Tokyo time) on Bob Murphy 's June 4 blog post, Cap and Trade Is Not a "Market Solution" , that have apparently been held up for moderator approval (perhaps because my three links triggered the blog's spam defenses?): Bob, I thank you for posting...
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TokyoTom
on Thu, Jun 5 2008
Filed under: Richard Tol, climate change, Weitzman, Nordhaus, Bob Murphy, cap and trade, Mankiw