My Covid-climate thoughts organized in one place, in reverse chronological order
“How to Reset the US Pandemic Response” (with Roman Frydman, Project Syndicate, 1 June 2020)
There is no better economic stimulus than beating COVID-19. Doing so requires rethinking the role of government in providing social goods.
“The Leadership Failure That Will Cost Us Everything“(Project Syndicate, 27 April 2020)
If COVID-19 has taught us anything, it is that delaying prudent policymaking does not merely result in higher marginal costs down the road. Rather, it puts us on an entirely different trajectory – one that all too easily can end in catastrophe.
“How Virus Testing Is Just Like A Carbon Tax” (Bloomberg Green Risky Climate column, 16 April 2020)
Test, test, test! Meanwhile, realize the limits of testing. We can’t sit around and wait for the perfect tests to come along.
“Why COVID-19’s Effect on Carbon Emissions Isn’t a Win” (TIME, 1 April 2020)
True Climate Success Looks Like More Action, Not Less
“Benefit-Cost Analysis in the Time of Coronavirus and Climate Change” (Bloomberg Green Risky Climate column, 1 April 2020)
The most standard of benefit-cost analyses point into one and only one direction.
“The Virus Is Teaching Everyone What Runaway Growth Really Means” (Bloomberg Green Risky Climate column, 20 March 2020)
33% daily exponential growth rate dwarfs (almost) all else.
“Compound Growth Could Kill Us – or Make Us Stronger“(Project Syndicate, 18 March 2020)
Covid-19 is climate change at warp speed.
Video/audio:
“Covid = Klima mit Warp-Speed” [German/Deutsch] (WKO Exporttag, 30 June 2020)
“Climate and Covid” (NYU WAGTalks, 29 April 2020)
“The Economics of a Green Recovery” (with Stephanie Kelton & Richard Murphy, UPenn, 20 April 2020)
“How Coronavirus quarantines lead to a drop in air pollution” (CNBC, 29 March 2020)
“Radio Corona” (MIT Technology Review, 26 March 2020)
“Coronavirus, climate change, and living in states of emergency” (To the Point conversation with Warren Olney, 19 March 2020)