Testing and taxing are important steps in the fights against the pandemic and climate change— and both have their limits.
Bloomberg Green
Bloomberg Green
Testing and taxing are important steps in the fights against the pandemic and climate change— and both have their limits.
TIME
Pausing the World to Fight Coronavirus Has Carbon Emissions Down—But True Climate Success Looks Like More Action, Not Less
Bloomberg Green
Like climate economics, the economics of Covid-19 mean we need to take aggressive action, not incremental steps.
Bloomberg Green
To make sense of the spread of Covid-19, economics—particularly black swan events and compound growth—can provide guidance.
Project Syndicate
The power of compound growth has long been recognized as essential to economic development. But in both the COVID-19 pandemic and the slower-moving climate crisis, this same mathematical force is cutting the other way, revealing dangerous shortcomings in how we manage externalities.
Bloomberg Green
When considering travel and other choices, economic principles can provide guidance.
Project Syndicate
A $40 carbon dioxide price? Try $100, $200, or possibly more.
Bloomberg Green
The money would go far in politics, but it will also allow for technological experimentation and will take a fundraising burden off recipients.
Bloomberg Green
To drive down tomorrow’s CO₂ emissions, governments need to subsidize fossil fuel alternatives, too.
Bloomberg Green
Inaugural Risky Climate column