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Economist's View: Paul Krugman: Betraying the Planet
Moon of Alabama: Links June 29 09
Mises Economics Blog: Krugman Redefines Treason
The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future: DrumBeat: June 29, 2009
The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future: DrumBeat: June 29, 2009
Paul Krugman: Betraying the Planet
Economist's View —
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Betraying the Planet, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: So the House
passed the Waxman-Markey climate-change bill. In political terms, it was a
remarkable achievement. ...
Links June 29 09
Moon of Alabama —
... after Honduras coup - Reuters
Honduras under curfew after coup - AlJazeera
Senegal: Islam, democracy, sexy - AFOE
More funds granted to ultra-Orthodox schools - Ynet
22 Pakistani Soldiers Killed in Waziristan Fighting - Antiwar
Journalism Rules Are Bent in News Coverage From Iran - NYT - Oh, who would have guessed ...
Betraying the Planet - Krugman/NYT
North Korean economy sees ...
Krugman Redefines Treason
Mises Economics Blog —
... Paul Krugman, never one to hold back on comments, now has declared that anyone who doe s not believe as he does on global warming is guilty of "treason against the planet." Lest a reader think I am exaggerating, here is what he wrote: ...
DrumBeat: June 29, 2009
The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future —
... Nicholas's claim is may be debatable, but there is no doubting the urgency of tackling the problem. Climate change is simply a matter of life and death.
Rising sea prompts concern about sand replenishment
With global warming threatening to raise sea levels, environmental groups are challenging the wisdom of spending millions of dollars to put sand on area beaches ---- especially if it is only going to wash back out to sea.
Krugman: Betraying the Planet
A handful of these no votes came from representatives ...
DrumBeat: June 29, 2009
The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future —
... Nicholas's claim is may be debatable, but there is no doubting the urgency of tackling the problem. Climate change is simply a matter of life and death.
Rising sea prompts concern about sand replenishment
With global warming threatening to raise sea levels, environmental groups are challenging the wisdom of spending millions of dollars to put sand on area beaches ---- especially if it is only going to wash back out to sea.
Krugman: Betraying the Planet
A handful of these no votes came from representatives ...
Carbon Credits: A Scam
The Market Ticker —
... to hit the economy, and as such I'm compelled to do so.
You have to be living under a rock to not know that The House passed an "energy bill" late Friday that includes what amounts to a carbon tax via so-called "cap and trade."
Let's first define what this is - "Cap and Trade" is a taxation system when what you do (commercially) that causes carbon dioxide to be emitted into the atmosphere is subject to tax, as a disincentive to do so.
The justification for this, as Krugman (and others) claim, is:
And as I watched the ...
Willful Blindness
Coyote Blog —
... Paul Krugman writes in the NY Times:
And as I watched the deniers make their arguments, I couldn’t help thinking that I was watching a form of treason — treason against the planet.
To fully appreciate the irresponsibility and immorality of climate-change denial, you need to know about the grim turn taken by the latest climate research….
Well, sometimes even the most authoritative analyses get things wrong. And if dissenting opinion-makers and politicians based their dissent on hard work and ...
Krugman's Truth Treason
Stefan Karlsson's blog —
... forecasters of being "evil" and economists who deny the link between deficits and interest rates of being "ideological and non-serious"-only to later himself issue bearish economic forecasts and deny the link between deficits and interest rates, illustrating that while he is fond of hyperbole, he is definitely not fond of logical coherence and consistency. Now he is on the hyperbole path again, declaring people skeptical of Al Gore's teachings to be guilty of treason against the planet. Now, I readily admit to not being a climate ...
Krugman's Revealing Defense Of Malthus
Stefan Karlsson's blog —
... However, he is unfortunately a very influential pundit, and lately he has produced unusually many misleading and dangerous posts/columns, including his infamous "treason to the planet"-column. ...
Why Australia should not adopt an ETS
Peter Gallagher —
... with additional tax of $14 billion to 2021. Contrary to fervent claims and outrageous name-calling of the political hue-and-cry surrounding 'climate change', there is no reason to believe that the warming is dangerous or ...
