Center for Equitable Growth
Washington, DC
Washington
Carbon Pricing and Innovation in a World of Political Constraints
NYU Wagner workshop held on March 19-20, 2020.
Bloomberg Quicktake
Interview with Tim Stenovec
Don't discount states
The Biden administration should look to states as a laboratory for innovative climate action.
Climate policies without Congress
Science-based regulatory policies and a White House climate office could help counteract warming, no legislation required.
Biden's unifying climate plan
Instead of narrowly addressing carbon pricing, as economists have traditionally favored, the proposal has many aims
Social Cost of Carbon Workshop
NYU Wagner
NYU Wagner Hallway Talks podcast
NYU Wagner Review
The Exxon Tax
The Numbers Behind Exxon’s Support for a Carbon Tax
The economic case for the United States to remain in the Paris Agreement on climate change
LSE Grantham Policy Brief
Covid-climate links
My Covid-climate thoughts organized in one place, in reverse chronological order
How to Reset the US Pandemic Response
Whether the problem is COVID-19 or climate change, the market on its own will not produce a sufficient quantity of goods – like therapeutic drugs or environmentally sustainable growth – that benefit society. Capitalizing on America’s private-sector dynamism will require the state to create incentives to produce such “social goods.”
American Lung Association, et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., 9th Circuit
Amicus Brief
The Economics of a Green Recovery
McHarg Center, University of Pennsylvania
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.
Carbon Pricing Workshop
NYU Wagner
How Economics Can Inform Coronavirus Decision-Making
When considering travel and other choices, economic principles can provide guidance.