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The Economics of Climate Change Super Simple: Tax Bads like Carbon - George Akerlof

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George Akerlof, professor at the University of California at Berkeley says that in terms of global warming, the economics are pretty simple: tax the bads (like carbon.) The problem is fundamentally political, and can be resolved by raising awareness. Interviewed by Daniel Erasmus at King's College, April 2010.

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  • Carbon is not a product in scarcity, Carbon tax is actually a tax on a "product" that is not scarce, but money is , so by imposing taxes we transform pollution to a product with features of scarcity because it is piggybacking on money (tax).

    The problems arises for the issue of measuring: what to tax? the carbon during or after production? some products create huge pollution during production and some after production and some in both phases.

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