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Carbooooooon!

(Supposed to be like “Khaaaaaaan!”) My latest Mises CA post takes on the typical claim that “uncertainty” bolsters the case for government restrictions on carbon emissions. Plus, I work in a Captain Kirk reference. Some excerpts: So what these researchers have formally shown, is that if you assume this shape of a damage function, but […]

The US Chamber’s Analysis of (Hypothetical) Power Plant Rule

Last week the US Chamber of Commerce issued a report it had commissioned, which looked at the impact of a 40% reduction in US power plant emissions, relative to 2005 levels, by the year 2030. (That was a reasonable guess as to the Administration’s actual policy, which today was announced at 30%.) In my latest […]

The Bogus “97% of Climate Scientists Agree” Claim

If you have the temerity to challenge calls for the government to take aggressive action to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, you will probably have someone call you a “climate science denier.” You will further be lectured that “97% of climate scientists agree” on this consensus. But there’s a bait-and-switch going on here, as Joseph Bast […]

Don’t Trust Joe Romm to Interpret IPCC Tables

That’s the moral in my latest IER post. (Thanks to Josiah Neeley who helped me find some of the stuff in the IPCC reports.) Here’s the conclusion, but if this is “your thing” I really encourage you to follow the link: Romm and his interventionist allies can’t have it both ways. The IPCC is reporting […]

They Tried to Warn Us About “Green” Vehicles Decades Ago

Totally not worth explaining, but Roderick Long tweeted this hilarious clip:

A Rising Tide Lifts All Interventionists

I agree with the substance of his post, but only Steve Landsburg could start a piece like this: “So the Obama administration has released a climate forecast, according to which Miami could be under water by the end of the century. Apparently we’re supposed to be very concerned about that.” (Here are my thoughts on […]

Potpourri

==> Dan Sanchez talks about inflation and milkshakes. ==> In this older interview with Russ Roberts, Pete Boettke lays out a neat analogy for Austrian vs. neoclassical capital theory: Legos vs. Play-Doh. ==> An interesting analysis of government vs. market failure in leading textbooks. Krugman is the Team Leader. ==> Reconciling Hayek and Keynes. ==> […]

Politics vs. Science at the IPCC

In this post for IER I quote from two of the Lead Authors of the latest IPCC report. It confirms what some of us have been saying for years. The intro: Those pushing for aggressive government intervention in the name of fighting climate change often claim that “the science is settled” and dismiss any dissenters […]