tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33767543.post274450374820269478..comments2024-03-29T01:14:17.375-04:00Comments on Thoughts on the World: Carbon Tax: A Simple and Efficient Way to Fight Global WarmingSimmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01301830467883922045noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33767543.post-61399262813240126742007-07-17T07:24:00.000-04:002007-07-17T07:24:00.000-04:00Like I said, a carbon tax wouldn't hurt each indiv...Like I said, a carbon tax wouldn't hurt each individual person as much as it would hurt big emitters.Simmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01301830467883922045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33767543.post-40963136528725844842007-07-17T00:55:00.000-04:002007-07-17T00:55:00.000-04:00There is an emminent contingent, known as the Pigo...There is an emminent contingent, known as the Pigou Club that supports increases in such taxes. <BR/><BR/>They are lead by, Greg Mankiw, a prominant Harvard economist and the former head of Bush's CEA. <BR/><BR/>pigou club: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigou_Club<BR/><BR/>greg mankiw:<BR/>http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/><BR/>this being said, i believe that pigouvian taxes are an awful idea and that environmentalism all in all is a severe threat to economic progressAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com