What Branko Milanovic thinks about climate change
Economist specialising in global income inequality; formerly lead economist in the World Bank research department, now at the CUNY Graduate Center.
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2 dated positions, 2017, in their own words. Our reading of what Branko Milanovic has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsFrom these exchanges I got the impression that they were unaware of just how unequal and poor (yes, poor) the world is today and what would be the trade-offs if we really were to decide to fix the volume of goods and services produced and consumed in the world at the current level.
↗The illusion of “degrowth” in a poor and unequal worldglineq.blogspot.com 2nd of 5 in this piece
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Our readingThe way to cut emissions is to tax the most emission-intensive goods, not to stop growth.
Their wordsIt would make more sense, if we want to think seriously about how to reduce emissions, not to engage in the illusions of degrowth in a very poor and unequal world but to think how the most emission-intensive goods and services could be taxed in order to reduce their consumption.
↗The illusion of “degrowth” in a poor and unequal worldglineq.blogspot.com 5th of 5 in this piece