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← The way to cut emissions is to tax the most emission-intensive goods, not to stop growth.
8 connected korrents · 7 moments on record from 18 Nov 2017 to 3 Sept 2026.
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Read this korrent: The way to cut emissions is to tax the most emission-intensive goods, not to stop growth.
The way to cut emissions is to tax the most emission-intensive goods, not to stop growth.
Last stated 9 years ago
18 Nov 2017
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Branko Milanovic — holds since 2017-11-18 — tap for who they are
Cannot both be true: You cannot make people adopt more expensive clean energy, because higher fuel prices are political suicide under any government. — tap to centre the map on it
You cannot make people adopt more expensive clean energy, because higher fuel prices are political suicide under any…
Last stated 3 years ago
16 Aug 2023
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2023-08-16 — tap for who they are
In tension: Climate change is real and is not the civilisation-threatening disaster it was sold as, and the expensive policies bought nothing. — tap to centre the map on it
Climate change is real and is not the civilisation-threatening disaster it was sold as, and…
Last stated 12 months ago
18 Sept 2025
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John H. Cochrane — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Degrowth shared out equally would cut the incomes of everyone above the world average by about two-thirds. — tap to centre the map on it
Degrowth shared out equally would cut the incomes of everyone above the world average by about two-thirds.
Last stated 9 years ago
18 Nov 2017
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Branko Milanovic — holds since 2017-11-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Degrowth would require the world to go from an inequality worse than South Africa's to a complete equality no recorded society has ever had. — tap to centre the map on it
Degrowth would require the world to go from an inequality worse than South Africa's to a complete equality no recorded…
Last stated 9 years ago
18 Nov 2017
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Branko Milanovic — holds since 2017-11-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The climate policy everyone has quietly assumed is that poorer countries stay poor, and that is the wrong answer. — tap to centre the map on it
The climate policy everyone has quietly assumed is that poorer countries stay poor, and that is the wrong answer.
Last stated 3 years ago
11 Oct 2023
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2023-10-11 — tap for who they are
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Branko Milanovic — holds since 2017-11-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Europe cannot keep the world's strictest environmental and social rules, invest less than its competitors and run a more naive trade policy, and still expect to create jobs. — tap to centre the map on it
Europe cannot keep the world's strictest environmental and social rules, invest less than its competitors and run a more…
Last stated 2 years ago
25 Apr 2024
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Emmanuel Macron — holds since 2024-04-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: High per-capita energy consumption is necessary for an economy to escape poverty. — tap to centre the map on it
High per-capita energy consumption is necessary for an economy to escape poverty.
Last stated 4 days ago
3 Sept 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Government is people with goals, so it grows by nature; there must be very strict limits on how far it can expand its power at the expense of citizens. — tap to centre the map on it
Government is people with goals, so it grows by nature; there must be very strict limits on how far it can…
Last stated 11 months ago
30 Sept 2025
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Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are
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