How Virus Testing Is Just Like A Carbon Tax

Testing and taxing are important steps in the fights against the pandemic and climate change— and both have their limits.

Why COVID-19’s Effect on Carbon Emissions Isn’t a Win

Pausing the World to Fight Coronavirus Has Carbon Emissions Down—But True Climate Success Looks Like More Action, Not Less

Benefit-Cost Analysis in the Time of Coronavirus and Climate Change

Like climate economics, the economics of Covid-19 mean we need to take aggressive action, not incremental steps.

The Virus Is Teaching Everyone What Runaway Growth Really Means

To make sense of the spread of Covid-19, economics—particularly black swan events and compound growth—can provide guidance.

Compound Growth Could Kill Us – or Make Us Stronger

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.

How Economics Can Inform Coronavirus Decision-Making

When considering travel and other choices, economic principles can provide guidance.

The True Price of Carbon

A $40 carbon dioxide price? Try $100, $200, or possibly more.

An Economist’s Guide to Spending Bezos’s Billions on Climate Change

The money would go far in politics, but it will also allow for technological experimentation and will take a fundraising burden off recipients.

Carbon Taxes Alone Aren’t Good Climate Policy

To drive down tomorrow’s CO₂ emissions, governments need to subsidize fossil fuel alternatives, too.

Why Oil Giants Figured Out Carbon Costs First

Inaugural Risky Climate column

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