Pigou Club
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The Pigou Club is described by its creator, economist Gregory Mankiw, as a “group of economists and pundits with the good sense to have publicly advocated higher Pigouvian taxes, such as gasoline taxes or carbon taxes."[1] A Pigouvian tax is a tax levied to correct the negative externalities (negative side-effects) of a market activity. These ideas are also known as an ecotaxes or green tax shifts.[citation needed]
Members[citation needed]
[edit]Members | Date of induction | Description |
---|---|---|
Daron Acemoglu[2] | Sept 2011 | Economist |
Frank Ackerman | November 29, 2015[3] | Economist |
Jonathan Adler[4] | May 30, 2012 | Law Professor |
Joseph Aldy | May 3, 2016[5] | Policy Professor |
Anne Applebaum | February 6, 2007 | Pundit |
Kenneth Arrow | March 28, 2014[6] | Economist |
Joseph Avellone | March 20, 2014[7] | Politician |
Katherine Baiker[8] | July 19, 2012 | Economist |
Dean Baker[8] | July 19, 2012 | Economist |
William Baldwin | June 24, 2006 | Journalist |
Jim Barrett | April 1, 2000[9] | Economist |
Bruce Bartlett[10] | May 15, 2017 | Historian of Economics |
Yoram Bauman[11] | April 1998 | Economist |
Gary Becker | June 17, 2006 | Economist |
Antonio Bento[12] | March 5, 2013 | Economist |
Don Berwick | March 20, 2014[7] | Administrator |
Jack Black[13] | August 24, 2016 | Actor |
Alan Blinder[14] | January 31, 2011 | Economist |
Michael Bloomberg | November 2, 2007 | Politician |
Erik Brynjolfsson[15] | February 8, 1991 | Economist |
Jay Buckey | January 16, 2008 | Pundit |
Willem Buiter[16] | June 12, 2008 | Economist |
Steve Chapman | July 4, 2013[17] | Pundit |
Judith Chevalier[18] | December 2007 | Economist |
Noam Chomsky[19] | May 21, 2013[20] | Philosopher |
Steven Chu[21] | Dec 16, 2008 | Scientist |
John H. Cochrane | August 7, 2013[22] | Economist |
Richard N. Cooper | October 2008[23] | Economist |
Bob Corker[24] | unknown | Politician |
Tyler Cowen | September 8, 2009 | Economist |
Kevin Cramer[25] | unknown | Political Advisor |
Clive Crook | June 24, 2006 | Pundit |
Herman Daly[26] | August 14, 2007 | Economist |
Laura D'Andrea Tyson[27] | unknown | Economist |
Leonardo DiCaprio | August 21, 2014[28] | Actor |
Christopher Dodd | April 25, 2007 | Politician |
Ed Dolan | July 28, 2010[29] | Economist |
Gregg Easterbrook | June 17, 2006 | Pundit |
Christopher Farrell | June 24, 2006 | Composer |
Peter Shaffer | March 18, 2002 | Economist |
Robert H. Frank | June 17, 2006 | Economist |
Bill Frenzel | February 16, 2007 | Politician |
Thomas Friedman | June 17, 2006 | Pundit |
David Frum | November 9, 2006 | Pundit |
Jason Furman | February 2, 2007 | Economist |
William Gale[30] | unknown | Economist |
Richard H Gammon[31] | October 2016 | Scientist |
Bill Gates[32] | September 2, 2010 | Business Magnate |
Ted Gayer | June 27, 2006 | Economist |
Edward Glaeser[33] | May 21, 2007 | Economist |
Al Gore | June 24, 2006 | Politician |
Lindsey Graham | March 1, 2010[34] | Politician |
Corbett Grainger[35] | February 26, 2016 | Economist |
Alan Greenspan | October 2, 2006 | Economist |
Michael Greenstone[36] | October 12, 2010 | Economist |
Steven C. Hackett | August 22, 2008 | Economist |
Ted Halstead[37] | July 26, 2016 | Author / Nonprofit CEO |
James Hansen[38] | unknown | Scientist |
Tim Harford | December 8, 2006 | Economist |
Kevin Hassett | January 29, 2007 | Economist |
Katharine Hayhoe[39] | June 5, 2015 | Scientist |
Shi-Ling Hsu[40] | unknown | Economist/Law Professor |
Bob Inglis | December 27, 2008[41] | Politician |
Henry Jacoby | June 28, 2013[42] | Economist |
Gary Johnson[43] | August 1, 2016 | Politician |
Michael B. Jordan[44] | November 28, 2017 | Actor |
Dale Jorgenson[45] | June 12, 2012 | Economist |
Juliette Kayyem | March 20, 2014[7] | Law Professor, Homeland Security Expert |
Charles Komanoff | March 6, 1989[46] | Economist |
Joe Klein | June 17, 2006 | Pundit |
Mort Kondracke | June 23, 2007 | Pundit |
Charles Krauthammer | January 26, 2007 | Pundit |
Paul Krugman | June 24, 2006 | Economist |
Anthony Lake | October 30, 2006 | Politician |
Arthur Laffer | December 27, 2008[41] | Economist |
John Larson | August 9, 2007 | Politician |
Judith Layzer | July 3, 2012[47] | Political Scientist |
David Leonhardt | February 21, 2007 | Pundit |
Arik Levinson[48] | unknown | Economist |
Steven Levitt | June 18, 2006 | Economist |
Brink Lindsey | December 5, 2006 | Attorney |
Bob Litterman[49] | unknown | Economist |
Ray Magliozzi | January 15, 2007 | Pundit |
N. Gregory Mankiw | June 17, 2006 | Economist |
Donald B. Marron Jr.[50] | November 2014 | Economist |
Megan McArdle | June 24, 2006 | Journalist |
Jim McDermott|[51] | 2007 | Politician |
Daniel McFadden | January 22, 2007 | Economist |
Gilbert Metcalf | June 30, 2015[52] | Economist |
Warren Meyer | March 25, 2016[53] | Engineer |
Mike Moffatt | September 16, 2006 | Economist |
William Moomaw | July 3, 2012[54] | Scientist |
Adele C. Morris[55] | unknown | Economist |
Alan Mulally | August 9, 2007 | Ford C.E.O. |
Chris Murphy[56] | unknown | Politician |
Elon Musk[57] | February 3, 2015 | Business Magnate |
Ralph Nader[58] | December 3, 2008 | Politician |
Gavin Newsom | December 9, 2007 | Politician |
William Nordhaus | June 17, 2006 | Economist |
Grover Norquist[59] | February 16, 2006 | Founder, Americans for Tax Reform |
Steven Novella | June 17, 2016[60] | Physician, Skeptic |
Bill Nye | October 21, 2014[61] | Scientist |
Leon Panetta[62] | October 18, 2006 | Politician |
Peter Passell[63] | April 1, 1992 | Economist |
Robert Pindyk[64] | 2013 | Economist |
Phil Plait[65] | July 21, 2016 | Scientist |
Brad Plumer[66] | unknown | Pundit |
Eduardo Porter[67] | Sept 11, 2012[68] | Journalist |
Paul Portney | May 18, 2007[69] | Economist |
Richard Posner | November 4, 2006 | Economist/Jurist |
Jonathan Rauch | June 17, 2006 | Journalist |
Robert Reich[70] | unknown | Economist |
Richard Revesz | September 15, 2015[71] | Law Professor |
Kenneth Rogoff | September 16, 2006 | Economist |
Nouriel Roubini | November 9, 2006 | Economist |
Steven Running | Feb 27, 2006[26] | Scientist |
Jeffrey Sachs | April 9, 2008 | Economist |
Robert J. Samuelson | January 17, 2007 | Journalist |
Andrew Samwick | June 24, 2006 | Economist |
Bernie Sanders | Feb 16, 2013[72] | Politician |
Isabel Sawhill | February 16, 2007 | Economist |
Brian Schatz[73] | November 19, 2014 | Politician |
George Shultz | October 30, 2006 | Economist |
Robert J. Shapiro | February 20, 2007 | Economist |
Eliot Spitzer[74] | July 5, 2012 | Politician |
Pete Stark[75] | 2007 | Politician |
Irwin Stelzer[76] | unknown | Economist |
Charles Stenholm | February 16, 2007 | Politician |
Joseph Stiglitz[77] | unknown | Economist |
Andrew Sullivan | June 24, 2006 | Pundit |
Lawrence Summers | October 31, 2006 | Economist |
Alex Tabarrok[78] | June 16, 2010 | Economist |
Jerry Taylor | March 23, 2015[79] | Economist |
Richard Thaler | April 1, 2012[80] | Economist |
John Tierney | June 17, 2006 | Pundit |
Rex Tillerson[81] | February 9, 2009 | Exxon-Mobil CEO |
Ben van Beurden[82] | October 5, 2015 | Royal Dutch Shell CEO |
Hal Varian | October 1, 2006 | Economist |
Paul Volcker | February 14, 2007 | Economist |
Gernot Wagner[83] | September 7, 2011 | Economist |
Margaret A. Walls[84] | unknown | Economist |
Charles Wheelan[85] | unknown | Economist |
Sheldon Whitehouse[73] | November 19, 2014 | Politician |
Neil Young | November 24, 2015[86] | Musician |
Supports
[edit]The Economist has expressed support for Pigouvian policies[87] as has The Washington Post Editorial Board,[88][89][90][91] NPR's "Planet Money"[8][92] and The New York Times.[93][94]
References
[edit]- ^ Mankiw, Greg (June 24, 2006). "Al Gore in the Pigou Club".
- ^ "Interview with Daron Acemoglu".
- ^ "Carbon Pricing Supporters".
- ^ "A Conservative's Approach to Combating Climate Change". The Atlantic. 30 May 2012.
- ^ "Subsidies in the Wrong Places Skew Renewable Energy's Power". The New York Times.
- ^ "Economist Kenneth Arrow Advocates a Carbon Tax". YouTube.
- ^ a b c "Democratic gubernatorial candidates discuss gas tax, carbon tax, divestment and climate change at environmental forum". 22 March 2014.
- ^ a b c "Six Policies Economists Love".
- ^ "Making Green Policies Pay Off".
- ^ "Treat climate change symptoms and don't worry about the cause". USA Today.
- ^ Durning, Alan Thein; Bauman, Yoram; Gussett, Rachel (1998). Tax Shift: How to Help the Economy, Improve the Environment, and Get the Tax Man off Our Backs. ISBN 9781886093072.
- ^ "Economists call on Washington to enact carbon tax".
- ^ Jack Black #PutAPriceOnIt on YouTube
- ^ Blinder, Alan S. (31 January 2011). "The Carbon Tax Miracle Cure". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "A Gas Tax Could Nip the Next Crisis in the Bud". The New York Times. 8 February 1991.
- ^ "Willem Buiter weighs in, favors carbon tax".
- ^ "How to combat global warming and prosper".
- ^ "Should a carbon tax be border adjustable?".
- ^ "On Shutdown, Waning US Influence, Syrian Showdown".
- ^ ""I Had Weird Educational Experiences": Interview With Noam Chomsky".
- ^ Mankiw, Greg (2008-12-16). "Chu and Pigou". Retrieved 2010-03-02.
- ^ "Litterman on carbon finance". 7 August 2013.
- ^ "The Case for Charges on Greenhouse Gas Emissions".
- ^ Mitchell, Josh (8 January 2015). "In Low Gasoline Prices, an Opening Emerges for Higher Taxes". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Meet Donald Trump's New Energy Adviser". Scientific American. 13 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Scientists & Economists".
- ^ "The Myriad Benefits of a Carbon Tax". 28 June 2013.
- ^ "DiCaprio: 'We must put a price on carbon'". 21 August 2014.
- ^ Dolan, Ed (28 July 2010). "Postmortem on Waxman-Markey: The Politics of Cap & Trade". Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ "The Tax Favored By Most Economists". 30 November 2001.
- ^ "First Statewide Carbon Tax Is What Our Climate Moment Demands". YES! Magazine. 29 October 2016.
- ^ "Bill Gates on R&D, a carbon tax, and China's Climate Role". 2 September 2010.
- ^ Glaeser, Edward L. "A Road Map for Environmentalism". Boston.com.
- ^ Greg Mankiw (2010-03-01). "A New Member of the Pigou Club". Retrieved 2010-03-03.
- ^ "UW-Madison Q&A session addresses climate change".
- ^ Leonhardt, David (12 October 2010). "A climate proposal beyond cap and trade". The New York Times.
- ^ "Unlocking the Climate Puzzle" (PDF).
- ^ "Hansen to Obama: Support a Carbon Tax".
- ^ "Climate, Politics and Religion – my opinion".
- ^ Hsu, Shi-Ling (22 June 2012). The Case for a Carbon Tax. ISBN 978-1-61091-178-8.
- ^ a b Inglis, Bob; Laffer, Arthur B. (December 28, 2008). "An Emissions Plan Conservatives Could Warm To". The New York Times. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
- ^ "Economists have a one-page solution to climate change". Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ Mankiw, Greg. "Gary Johnson joins the Pigou Club".
- ^ "73 Questions with Michael B. Jordan". YouTube.
- ^ "Senate Hearing 112-776".
- ^ "Instead of a gas tax, how about a carbon tax?" (PDF).
- ^ "Can we stop global warming?". Boston Review.
- ^ "How Efficient Is Energy Efficiency?".
- ^ "What Is the Right Price for Carbon Emissions?" (PDF).
- ^ "Bigger, Cleaner, and More Efficient: A Carbon-Corporate Tax Swap".
- ^ "Save our Climate Act of 2007" (PDF).
- ^ Porter, Eduardo (30 June 2015). "U.S. leaves the markets out in fight against carbon emissions". The New York Times.
- ^ "As tax day approaches, one climate skeptic explains how a carbon tax could really benefit the economy".
- ^ "Can We Stop Global Warming?". Boston Review.
- ^ Morris, Adele C. (23 May 2014). "Will the EPA Push for a Carbon Tax?". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Mitchell, Josh (8 January 2015). "In Low Gasoline Prices, an Opening Emerges for Higher Taxes". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Elon Musk on Why We Need a Carbon Tax". 2 February 2015.
- ^ Nader, Ralph (December 3, 2008). "We Need a Global Carbon Tax". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "A way to cut fuel consumption that everyone likes, except the politicians".
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(help) - ^ "Economics, Renewables, and Climate Change". 17 June 2016.
- ^ "Bill Nye Explains the Carbon Tax to Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice". YouTube.
- ^ "Talk of raising gas tax is just that". The Washington Post.
- ^ Passell, Peter (April 1992). "The great search: A perfect tax". The New York Times.
- ^ "Pricing carbon when we don't know the right price" (PDF).
- ^ Plait, Phil (21 July 2016). "These are the antiheroes we don't deserve". Slate.
- ^ "Nuclear power and renewables don't have to be enemies. New York just showed how". Vox Media. 2 August 2016.
- ^ Porter, Eduardo (29 January 2013). "In energy taxes, tools to help tackle climate change". The New York Times.
- ^ Porter, Eduardo (12 September 2012). "Taxes show one way to save fuel". The New York Times.
- ^ "Carbon Taxes Versus Carbon Markets: What's the Best Way to Limit Emissions?".
- ^ Robert Reich on the Importance of Putting a Price On Carbon.
- ^ "Let's Cut All Energy Subsidies and Start Taxing Pollution". Wall Street Journal. 15 September 2015.
- ^ "The best solution on climate change requires congress to act". TheGuardian.com. 16 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Sens. Whitehouse and Schatz introduce carbon fee legislation".
- ^ Eliot, Spitzer (July 5, 2012). "Eliot Spitzer endorses a tax on carbon emissions as a way to 'heat up the climate debate'". Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer.
- ^ "Save our Climate Act of 2007" (PDF).
- ^ "Erwin Stelzer on Conservatism and the New Capitalism".
- ^ "Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz Calls for "Greening" of Globalization".
- ^ "How much will BP pay?". 16 June 2010.
- ^ "The Conservative Case for a Carbon Tax" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-19. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
- ^ "Scientists and Economists".
- ^ "Exxon CEO advocates emissions tax". Wall Street Journal. 9 January 2009.
- ^ Kent, Sarah (6 October 2015). "Royal Dutch Shell CEO to Call for Effective System for Pricing Carbon". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Wagner, Gernot (8 September 2011). "Going Green Getting Nowhere". The New York Times.
- ^ "Why now is the right time for a carbon tax". Wall Street Journal. 2 April 2015.
- ^ "The Irrefutable Logic of a Carbon Tax".
- ^ "Rocker Neil Young supports Alberta's carbon tax, pleased by Liberal government".
- ^ "Climate Change: The Greening of America". The Economist. London: The Economist Newspaper Limited 2009. 2007-01-25. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
...the only two clean and efficient solutions to climate change. One is a carbon tax, which this paper has long advocated,
- ^ "Clean Energy Should Do Without Special Tax Breaks". Editorial Board.
- ^ "A Sweltering Planet's Agenda". Washington Post.
- ^ "The Carbon Tax". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Carbon tax is best option congress has". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Economists have a one page solution to solve global warming". NPR.
- ^ "The Case for a Carbon Tax". The New York Times. 6 June 2015.
- ^ Gross, Daniel (8 October 2006). "Raise the Gasoline Tax? Funny, It Doesn't Sound Republican". The New York Times.
External links
[edit]- The Pigou Club Manifesto (Greg Mankiw's Blog)
- Smart Taxes: An Open Invitation to Join the Pigou Club
- Rogoff joins the Pigou Club (Greg Mankiw's Blog)
- Raise the Gasoline Tax? Funny, It Doesn’t Sound Republican (New York Times)
- Talk of Raising Gas Tax Is Just That (Washington Post)
- The Nopigou Club (National Post)
- How Many Taxes Will it Take? (National Post)