Defying Economics 101 April 10, 2025On his blog, Greg Mankiw quotes Paul Samuelson: I don’t care who writes a nation’s laws, or crafts its advanced…
A Partial Response to “A New Climate Change Reckoning” January 22, 2025We’re grateful that our call for a climate change reckoning elicited so many comments on LinkedIn. Most of the comments…
A New Climate Change Reckoning January 14, 2025Efforts to limit an increase in average global temperature to 1.5°C have failed. Whether we passed that mark in 2024…
Basic Math July 26, 2024The Peter G. Peterson Foundation recently tasked seven Washington-based think tanks from across the political spectrum to develop proposals to…
Observations from CERAWeek March 21, 2024I attended only one day of CERAWeek. However, I left with many observations. Among them, the most prominent was how…
Imagining a New Permitting Reform Process November 1, 2023One thing Democrats and Republicans can agree on these days is that electricity transmission lines are essential and valuable. Pursuant…
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Either/Or Versus And April 27, 2022When “either/or” becomes “and,” we have made progress in a policy dispute. And that is what has happened in the…
Could the private sector lead the fight against climate change? March 22, 2022Private sector pledges may be more promising than the government’s efforts to address climate change. On the surface, pledges by…