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Thursday, 14 November 2019

Reviews of "A Citizen's Guide to Climate Success"

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Numerous reviews have already appeared. To read them, follow the links below: " Laurent Franckx's Reviews:  The Citizen...
Sunday, 6 October 2019

An economist speculates on politics

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A Trudeau minority government may do some good things. But claims that such a minority would achieve all the goals of the smaller parties t...
Thursday, 1 August 2019

If Canadians elect a climate-insincere government in 2019, climate-concerned voters may need to look in the mirror when allocating blame

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Two decades ago, I was not alone in predicting that humanity’s chances of rapid decarbonization were low. The reasons were obvious back the...
Monday, 17 December 2018

A chat about carbon pricing

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Below is a link to a fun podcast chat I had with the very sharp interviewer Jayme Poisson on the un-necessity of carbon pricing. My 15 minu...
Saturday, 15 December 2018

Carbon Pricing: Wasting Time We Cannot Spare on the Optimal Steering Mechanism for the Titanic

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I am a climate-energy economist open to incorporating in my analysis and policy prescriptions lessons from other disciplines, in this case p...
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Monday, 30 April 2018

Canadian Carbon Pricing Confusions

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The federal government (Environment and Climate Change Canada - ECCC) released on April 30, 2018 its estimate of the incremental effect of ...
Tuesday, 11 October 2016

Climate policy advisers need to take into account the real world trade-off between economic efficiency and political acceptability

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Here is my response to fellow economists who seem unwilling to take into account this trade-off when giving climate policy advice. It appea...