On one end of the spectrum we have people who think that climate change can be fought without the use of either carbon caps or taxes.  Some ...

I’d have more time to enjoy life if I didn’t feel compelled to correct gross economic errors in places like the New York Times .  I try to g...

This switcheroo by ABC News is really something. "Quick!  Get me footage of Israelis being bombarded by Arab terrorist rockets!...

The other day, Sandwichman posted a passage from an interview with Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page in which he mentioned working less ...

There’s gold in them thar climate laws.  If taxes are imposed on the production of fossil fuels or if carbon permits are sold at market pric...

Because any form of carbon regulation will have negative effects on a wide range of businesses and has to overcome their opposition, the fir...

 Globe and Mail : Munro’s Books, the venerable Victoria retailer launched 50 years ago by Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro and her then husb...

Have you heard?  Proposals to combat climate change by requiring carbon permits are being pushed by Wall Street, since it gives them a new f...

One of the big developments of the last couple of years is that the movement to stem climate change has discovered political economy.  Befor...

Good news - Max Sawicky has returned to blogging: The Gov needs money. I’m as entertained as anyone else by speculations about how to impr...

Google co-founder and CEO,  Larry Page : I totally believe we should be living in a time of abundance, like Peter Diamandis' book. If ...

Good news!  Eric Helleiner, whose work is about as good as it gets in international political economy, has published a pair of new books.  T...

These posts have a very negative tone. For heuristic purposes, they exaggerate conceptual problems I have observed in various wings of the c...

In my experience, this meme shows up primarily among people who have studied biology, and who mistake human beings for Drosophila.  Yes, und...

Two things stand out about this misconception.  First, it is widespread and growing in popularity.  A large swath of climate activists swear...