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In a world where we had a reasonable tax on carbon, environmental friendliness and individual economic rationality would be one and the same. But we don't live
by Wowfunhappy 4y ago
In a world where we had a reasonable tax on carbon, environmental friendliness and individual economic rationality would be one and the same.
But we don't live in that world. So they are not.
- beachy 4y agoIf ever there was a glove perfectly fitted for the invisible hand of the market, it's saving our planet by taxing carbon. Yet here we remain, whining about why it can never work.
- AtlasBarfed 4y agoOne would think economics would have been onboard with environmentalism a lot longer ago, but economics as a culture/institution is very much aligned with the ultra-rich. Economics, the leadership and prominent members of its social network, were all too willing to rubberstamp the whims of the "elites", future of the human race be damned. Economics the "science" is a lot like the police "union", the only acceptable union to the right because it keeps them in place, while economics the "science" is acceptable because it justifies their position and wealth.