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To put a an even finer point on this from @aldatweets, "mainstream liberal opinion" needs to get its shit together before it kills us all
As someone indoctrinated in that world it frightens me how sticky a lot of the same fairy tale wishful thinking about "market magic" persists https://twitter.com/aldatweets/status/1309864206041264128">https://twitter.com/aldatweet...
As someone indoctrinated in that world it frightens me how sticky a lot of the same fairy tale wishful thinking about "market magic" persists https://twitter.com/aldatweets/status/1309864206041264128">https://twitter.com/aldatweet...
To be clear, I believe in markets (built my whole career on that), but they are ultimately a construct of public policy.
A "market" does not just mean price signals, it means standards, public priorities, and lines in the sand.
A "market" does not just mean price signals, it means standards, public priorities, and lines in the sand.
The irony is these "non-market" policies are the biggest drivers of market adoption possible.
As a clean energy business founder, give me standards over a carbon tax every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
As a clean energy business founder, give me standards over a carbon tax every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
To this point, great thread on insightful article from @leahstokes about the limits and dangers of carbon taxes.
Basically politics matter, most economists don& #39;t care about politics, and yet most dem political leaders listen to them anyway.
#BreakTheKnot
Basically politics matter, most economists don& #39;t care about politics, and yet most dem political leaders listen to them anyway.
#BreakTheKnot
