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Category Archives: economics
Deferential?
I was listening to a podcast interview with Steve Keen, whose work I’ve written about before. It was about his paper the appallingly bad neoclassical economics of climate change. I have a lot of sympathy with what he’s presenting. Some … Continue reading
The Neoclassical Economics of Climate Change
I thought I would advertise a post by Steve Keen, that may be of interest to some of my regular readers. It’s about Neoclassical Economics of Climate Change and is extremely criticial of the assumptions used to drive Integrated Assessment … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, economics, The scientific method
Tagged IAMs, Integrated Assessment Models, Richard Tol, Steve Keen, William Nordhaus
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A physicist for president?
Jim Al’Khalili has an article in Scientific American called [a] physicist for president? Jim is a physicist, so he’s probably being somewhat provactive. Also, he’s mostly arguing for someone who applies the scientific method to thinking and decision-making and is … Continue reading
Posted in economics, physicists, Politics, Scientists, The scientific method, Uncategorized
Tagged Jim Al-Khalili, physicists, Physics, Political leaders, President, Scientific American, Stoat
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Estimates of the economic impact of climate change
I realise Stoat has already covered this, but I thought I would also briefly discuss it here. I posted a couple of tweets, that got quite a lot of responses, about the economic impacts of climate change, that tried to … Continue reading
Societal tipping points
Noami Oreskes and Nicholas Stern have a New York Times Opinion piece called Climate Change will cost us even more than we think. Some are very critical, others are a little more circumspect. I, on the other hand, think that … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, economics, Global warming, Policy, Politics, Severe Events
Tagged Climate damages, Climate policy, Naomi Oreskes, Nicholas Stern, Tipping points
173 Comments
The GRRRRROWTH Institute
Posit an opiniator O* from the Super Wonderful Punditry think tank SWP. Deadlines displease him. The international community failed to meet so many since 1995 that such call becomes self-defeating, or so O* worries. To interpret IPCC deliverables, time for … Continue reading
Posted in ClimateBall, economics, GRRRRROWTH, Philosophy for Bloggers, Satire
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IAMs – Open Thread
There’s been an interesting debate about IAMs. IAMs are Integrated Assessment Models that are used to develop mitigation pathways. In this article, Kevin Anderson argues that IAMs are simply the wrong tools for the job, while Jessica Jewel clarifies the … Continue reading
The debate has changed
I’ve been finding it quite difficult to think of things to post about. One reason is that I’ve been rather busy. Another, though, is that I think the debate has changed. It seems that there is more and more discussion … Continue reading
Models and scenarios
I was following, or trying to, a Twitter discussion about models and scenarios. It was – I think – about models that forescast technology development, and you can find it here if you’re interested. I didn’t entirely follow it, but … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Research, Science
Tagged Cost benefit analysis, Economic forecasts, Forecast, Models
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Existential threat?
I had a discussion with someone recently who asked if climate change really was an existential threat for humans. I responded that it wasn’t. However, I added that this didn’t mean that it couldn’t be severely disruptive or that it … Continue reading