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If my understanding of the math is correct, a carbon tax is somewhat more fundamentally meaningful than UBI vs other forms of welfare. A carbon tax is in a way
by nixpulvis 7y ago
If my understanding of the math is correct, a carbon tax is somewhat more fundamentally meaningful than UBI vs other forms of welfare. A carbon tax is in a way trying to model a previously external factor in the market, i.e. the environment or earth itself.
- skybrian 7y agoRight, but there are no prices on an uninhabited planet. The prices placed on environmental changes is something humans decide on. It's a subjective, arbitrary number. It's good to avoid environmental degradation but the prices we use to do that are going to be arbitrarily set by government.