by Ajit Niranjan
August 12th, 2024
by Ajit Niranjan
Project Syndicate
Economists have long insisted that the only way to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases rapidly and at scale is to put a price on them. But while that is true, the key to a successful, politically sustainable climate policy is to ensure that the benefits precede the costs.
July 27th, 2024
Salzburg, Austria
Milken Review
Going, Going, Gone?
June 24th, 2024
Aspen, CO
June 5th, 2024
Innsbruck, Austria
June 1st, 2024
Columbia Business School Reunion
The New York Times
While the broader Inflation Reduction Act will substantially cut carbon emissions, the new tariffs on Chinese EVs will have the opposite effect. They risk derailing the transition to EVs, and they pit U.S. middle-class consumers against auto workers and shareholders.
Project Syndicate
Improving energy efficiency is not enough for advocates of degrowth, who espouse energy sufficiency as the best way to fight climate change. But their argument is absurd: using limited inputs more efficiently is the definition of economic productivity – which, in turn, boosts growth.
Project Syndicate
While the availability of cheap electric vehicles is good news for the planet and for consumers everywhere, it is bad news for shareholders and employees of Western car companies, and both the United States and Europe are considering imposing import tariffs on Chinese EVs. But tariffs are the wrong approach.
August 23rd, 2024
by Kate Yoder
August 12th, 2024
by Ajit Niranjan
Project Syndicate
Economists have long insisted that the only way to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases rapidly and at scale is to put a price on them. But while that is true, the key to a successful, politically sustainable climate policy is to ensure that the benefits precede the costs.
July 27th, 2024
Salzburg, Austria
Milken Review
Going, Going, Gone?
June 24th, 2024
Aspen, CO
June 5th, 2024
Innsbruck, Austria
June 1st, 2024
Columbia Business School Reunion
The New York Times
While the broader Inflation Reduction Act will substantially cut carbon emissions, the new tariffs on Chinese EVs will have the opposite effect. They risk derailing the transition to EVs, and they pit U.S. middle-class consumers against auto workers and shareholders.