Tag Archives: belief economics
The unbearable fragility of climate regulations
Someone who loves nature can only be angry at this. In June of last year the President Obama called for international lending institutions to stop funding coal-fired plants overseas. The World Bank and the US Export-Import bank both agreed not … Continue reading
Kleider machen Leute and the corporate cocoon
There is a scene in Bertolt Brecht’s play, The Life of Galileo, where the Pope is getting dressed. While he is still in his underwear he is sympathetically disposed to Galileo; by the time he has his papal robes on, … Continue reading
Ten policies to reduce demand for carbon intensive living and policies
Engender loathing of cars through humiliation of children whose parents drive them to school in an SUV Induce spite for poor insulation by attaching social stigma to people with single glazing Create a visceral loathing of driving by adding … Continue reading
So-whatters, reason and empathy
One of the worst kind of people are “so-whatters”. That’s unfair. “So-whatters” perform an important service to force us to think through what we really mean. A: “Climate change is happening here and now.” B: “So what?” A: “It’s affecting … Continue reading
Ten policies to increase demand for low carbon living and policies
Today a think-tank (IPPR) published a call for a central bank to regulate the EU ETS. You heard this back in May 2006 on the Bustard (https://www.thebustard.com/?p=457). So here, a few years too early, are ten policies to cut emissions. … Continue reading