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The Pill (stops you making expensive policy mistakes)
When will policy makers swallow the bitter pill? The Bustard’s First Law of carbon pricing: “A carbon price which is effective is politically unacceptable.” Thus there can never an effective carbon price in a democracy. Posted from Blogium for iPhone
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Tied and trusted
“Trussed?” Sir Godfrey Wolfram-Harbinger, Minister of Justice, started, rudely awoken from a pleasant reverie. Daphne, again; strong, commanding Daphne. He glanced at his damp palms, suddenly surprised that he could so easily move them. “Not ‘trussed’ you filthy fool,” whispered … Continue reading
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We will all become deniers
I think that policy people assume that climate change denial will eventually go away. It’s a matter of time before we work out how to win over these people on the neo-liberal right. Here is a very different scenario which … Continue reading
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The Sturgeon Reforms: tackling unemployment in a zero-growth economy
“Sturgeon?” harrumphed Stumpy Regenkurt, chief advisor to the Minister of Economic Decline. People had recently started calling Regenkurt Shorty instead of Stumpy, because the government’s policy of managed economic decline gave him so much opportunity for shorting stocks. Rumours had … Continue reading
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Crying wolf down the millenia
A few days ago I read on Professor Peter Brimblecombe’s website a comment which puts our environmental gloom into perspective. During his PhD research he discovered that people have been worrying about environmental crises since the 13th Century. He realised … Continue reading
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