03 Jun 2025
by Jim Rose
in development economics, economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles
Tags: carbon tax, India
India won’t bow to carbon taxes and it won’t join an unscientific climate war that sacrifices its future. The U.K. and EU would do well to listen, lest they find themselves on the losing end of an Asian-dominated trade battle over manufactured goods.
India Rejects Carbon Tax, Backs Fossil Fuels and Trade in Defiance of Green Policies
28 Feb 2025
by Jim Rose
in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking
Tags: carbon tax
The government’s commitment to the Paris Accord has garnered opposition from farmers and farming organisations. Federated Farmers is not supportive: The Government’s announcement today of a 2035 climate target of a 51-55% emissions reduction has signed New Zealand up for a decade more of planting pine on productive land, Federated Farmers meat and wool chair […]
Paris Accord could determine election
26 Jul 2024
by Jim Rose
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking
Tags: cap and trade, carbon tax, climate alarmism
That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one excerpt: A recent study finds that, of all domestic subsidies, the most effective involve replacing the dirty production of electricity with the cleaner production of electricity. In practice, that means subsidies or tax credits for solar and wind power. Those are more than twice as effective as […]
Which are the most effective subsidies for green energy?
31 Oct 2021
by Jim Rose
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, econometerics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles
Tags: carbon tax, carbon trading
20 Oct 2021
by Jim Rose
in applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Public Choice, public economics
Tags: carbon tax, carbon trading
03 Oct 2021
by Jim Rose
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth miracles, international economic law, International law, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics
Tags: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate clubs, free riding, international public goods
02 Oct 2021
by Jim Rose
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, international economic law, International law, Public Choice
Tags: carbon tax, carbon trading
24 Sep 2021
by Jim Rose
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, Public Choice
Tags: carbon tax
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