The Case for a Carbon Tax: Getting Past Our Hang-ups to Effective Climate Policy (Repost)
The Case for a Carbon Tax: Getting Past Our Hang-ups to Effective Climate Policy By Dr. Shi-Ling Hsu PhD JD
2011 | 248 Pages | ISBN: 1597265314 | EPUB | 3 MB
2011 | 248 Pages | ISBN: 1597265314 | EPUB | 3 MB
There's a simple, straightforward way to cut carbon emissions and prevent the most disastrous effects of climate change-and we're rejecting it because of irrational political fears. That's the central argument of The Case for a Carbon Tax, a clear-eyed, sophisticated analysis of climate change policy.Shi-Ling Hsu examines the four major approaches to curbing CO2: cap-and-trade; command and control regulation; government subsidies of alternative energy; and carbon taxes. Weighing the economic, social, administrative, and political merits of each, he demonstrates why a tax is currently the most effective policy. Hsu does not claim that a tax is the perfect or only solution-but that unlike the alternatives, it can be implemented immediately and paired effectively with other approaches.In fact, the only real barrier is psychological. While politicians can present subsidies and cap-and-trade as "win-win" solutions, the costs of a tax are immediately apparent. Hsu deftly explores the social and political factors that prevent us from embracing this commonsense approach. And he shows why we must get past our hang-ups if we are to avert a global crisis.