Pigou Club

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The Pigou Club is described by its creator, economist and blogger N. Gregory Mankiw, as "an elite group of economists and pundits with the good sense to have publicly advocated higher Pigovian taxes, such as gasoline taxes or carbon taxes."[1] These pundits and economists often advocate lowering other taxes to keep the total amount of taxes collected the same, though many have also proposed dedicating the revenue to other worthwhile projects. A Pigovian tax (also spelled Pigouvian tax, named after economist Arthur Cecil Pigou) is a tax levied to correct the negative externalities (negative side-effects) of a market activity. These ideas are also known as an Ecotax (or green tax shift).

Members Date of Induction Description
Daron Acemoglu[2] Sept 2011 Economist
Jonathan Addler[3] May 30th, 2012 Law Professor
Anne Applebaum February 6, 2007 Pundit
Katherine Baiker[4] July 19th, 2012 Economist
Dean Baker[4] July 19, 2012 Economist
William Baldwin June 24, 2006 Journalist
Yorum Bauman[5] April 1998 Economist
Gary Becker June 17, 2006 Economist
Antonio Bento[6] unknown Economist
Michael Bloomberg November 2, 2007 Politician
Jay Buckey January 16, 2008 Pundit
Willem Buiter[7] June 12, 2008 Economist
Steve Chapman July 4, 2013[8] Pundit
Judith Chevalier[9] December 2007 Economist
Steven Chu Not known[10] Scientist
John H. Cochrane August 7, 2013[11] Economist
Bob Corker[12] unknown Politician
Tyler Cowen September 8, 2009 Economist
Clive Crook June 24, 2006 Pundit
Laura D'Andrea Tyson[13] unknown Economist
Christopher Dodd April 25, 2007 Politician
Ed Dolan July 28, 2010[14] Economist
Gregg Easterbrook June 17, 2006 Pundit
Christopher Farrell June 24, 2006 Composer
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[15] unknown Economist
Bill Gates[16] September 2, 2010 Business Magnate
Ted Gayer June 27, 2006 Economist
Al Gore June 24, 2006 Politician
Lindsey Graham March 1, 2010[17] Politician
Alan Greenspan October 2, 2006 Economist
Michael Greenstone[18] October 12, 2010 Economist
Paul Gu January 27, 2007 Pundit
Steven C. Hackett August 22, 2008 Economist
James Hansen[19] unknown Scientist
Tim Harford December 8, 2006 Economist
Kevin Hassett January 29, 2007 Economist
Shi-Ling Hsu[20] unknown Economist/Law Professor
Bob Inglis December 27, 2008[21] Politician
Henry Jacoby June 28, 2013[22] 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[21] Economist
John Larson August 9, 2007 Politician
David Leonhardt February 21, 2007 Pundit
Arik Levinson[23] unknown Economist
Steven Levitt June 18, 2006 Economist
Brink Lindsey December 5, 2006 Attorney
Bob Litterman[24] unknown Economist
Ray Magliozzi January 15, 2007 Pundit
N. Gregory Mankiw June 17, 2006 Economist
Donald B. Marron[25] November 2014 Economist
Megan McArdle June 24, 2006 Journalist
Jim McDermott|[26] 2007 Politician
Daniel McFadden January 22, 2007 Economist
Gilbert Metcalf June 30, 2015[27] Economist
Mike Moffatt September 16, 2006 Economist
Adele C. Morris[28] unknown Economist
Alan Mulally August 9, 2007 Ford C.E.O.
Paul Mulshine January 27, 2007 Journalist
Chris Murphy[29] unknown Politician
Elon Musk[30] February 3, 2015 Business Magnate
Ralph Nader[31] December 3, 2008 Politician
Gavin Newsom December 9, 2007 Politician
William Nordhaus June 17, 2006 Economist
Grover Norquist[32] February 16, 2006 Founder, Americans for Tax Reform
Leon Panetta[33] October 18, 2006 Politician
Peter Passell[34] April 1, 1992 Economist
Eduardo Porter[35] Sept 11, 2012[36] Journalist
Richard Posner November 4, 2006 Economist/Jurist
Jonathan Rauch June 17, 2006 Journalist
Robert Reich[37] unknown Economist
Russ Roberts[4] unknown Economist
Kenneth Rogoff September 16, 2006 Economist
Nouriel Roubini November 9, 2006 Economist
Jeffrey Sachs April 9, 2008 Economist
Robert J. Samuelson January 17, 2007 Journalist
Andrew Samwick June 24, 2006 Economist
Isabel Sawhill February 16, 2007 Economist
George Schultz October 30, 2006 Economist
Robert J. Shapiro February 20, 2007 Economist
Eliot Spitzer[38] July 5, 2012 Politician
Pete Stark[39] 2007 Politician
Rob Stavins December 10, 2006 Economist
Irwin Stelzer[40] unknown Economist
Charles Stenholm February 16, 2007 Politician
Joseph Stiglitz[41] unknown Economist
Andrew Sullivan June 24, 2006 Pundit
Lawrence Summers October 31, 2006 Economist
Alex Tabarrok[42] June 16, 2010 Economist
Jerry Taylor March 23, 2015[43] Economist
John Tierney June 17, 2006 Pundit
Rex Tillerson[44] February 9, 2009 Exxon CEO
Hal Varian October 1, 2006 Economist
Paul Volcker February 14, 2007 Economist
Gernot Wagner[45] September 7, 2011 Economist
Margaret A. Walls[46] unknown Economist
Charles Wheelan[47] unknown Economist
Harrison Wold[4] unknown Economist

The newsmagazine The Economist has repeatedly expressed support for Pigouvian policies.[48] as has "The Washington Post" Editorial Board,[49][50][51][52] NPR's "Planet Money"[53][4] and "The New York Times"[54]

The group received a great deal of publicity when The New York Times published "Raise the Gasoline Tax? Funny, It Doesn’t Sound Republican" on October 8, 2006.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mankiw, Greg (June 24, 2006). "Al Gore in the Pigou Club". 
  2. ^ "Interview with Daron Acemoglu". 
  3. ^ "A Conservative's Approach to Combating Climate Change". 
  4. ^ a b c d e "Six Policies Economists Love". 
  5. ^ Tax Shift: How to Help the Economy, Improve the Environment, and Get the Tax Man off Our Backs. ISBN 9781886093072. 
  6. ^ "Economists call on Washington to enact carbon tax". 
  7. ^ "Willem Buiter weighs in, favors carbon tax". 
  8. ^ "How to combat global warming and prosper". 
  9. ^ "Should a carbon tax be border adjustable?". 
  10. ^ Mankiw, Greg (2008-12-16). "Chu and Pigou". Retrieved 2010-03-02. 
  11. ^ "Litterman on carbon finance". 
  12. ^ "In Low Gasoline Prices, an Opening Emerges for Higher Taxes". 
  13. ^ "The Myriad Benefits of a Carbon Tax". 
  14. ^ Dolan, Ed. "Postmortem on Waxman-Markey: The Politics of Cap & Trade". Retrieved 7 April 2014. 
  15. ^ "The Tax Favored By Most Economists". 
  16. ^ "Bill Gates on R&D, a carbon tax, and China's Climate Role". 
  17. ^ Greg Mankiw (2010-03-01). "A New Member of the Pigou Club". Retrieved 2010-03-03. 
  18. ^ "A climate proposal beyond cap and trade". 
  19. ^ "Hansen to Obama: Support a Carbon Tax". 
  20. ^ The Case for a Carbon Tax. ISBN 978-1-61091-178-8. 
  21. ^ 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. 
  22. ^ "Economists have a one-page solution to climate change". Retrieved 7 April 2014. 
  23. ^ "How Efficient Is Energy Efficiency?". 
  24. ^ "What Is the Right Price for Carbon Emissions?" (PDF). 
  25. ^ "Bigger, Cleaner, and More Efficient: A Carbon-Corporate Tax Swap". 
  26. ^ "Save our Climate Act of 2007" (PDF). 
  27. ^ "U.S. leaves the markets out in fight against carbon emissions". 
  28. ^ "Will the EPA Push for a Carbon Tax?". 
  29. ^ "In Low Gasoline Prices, an Opening Emerges for Higher Taxes". 
  30. ^ "Elon Musk on Why We Need a Carbon Tax". 
  31. ^ Nader, Ralph (December 3, 2008). "We Need a Global Carbon Tax". The Wall Street Journal. 
  32. ^ "A way to cut fuel consumption that everyone likes, except the politicians". 
  33. ^ [www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/17/AR2006101701327.html "Talk of raising gas tax is just that"] Check |url= value (help). 
  34. ^ "The great search: A perfect tax". 
  35. ^ "In energy taxes, tools to help tackle climate change". 
  36. ^ "Taxes show one way to save fuel". 
  37. ^ Robert Reich on the Importance of Putting a Price On Carbon. 
  38. ^ 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. 
  39. ^ "Save our Climate Act of 2007" (PDF). 
  40. ^ "Erwin Stelzer on Conservatism and the New Capitalism". 
  41. ^ "Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz Calls for "Greening" of Globalization". 
  42. ^ "How much will BP pay?". 
  43. ^ "The Conservative Case for a Carbon Tax" (PDF). 
  44. ^ "Exxon CEO advocates emissions tax". 
  45. ^ "Going Green Getting Nowhere". 
  46. ^ "Why now is the right time for a carbon tax". 
  47. ^ "The Irrefutable Logic of a Carbon Tax". 
  48. ^ "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, 
  49. ^ "Clean Energy Should Do Without Special Tax Breaks". Editorial Board. 
  50. ^ "A Sweltering Planet's Agenda". Washington Post. 
  51. ^ "The Carbon Tax". 
  52. ^ "Carbon tax is best option congress has". 
  53. ^ "Economists have a one page solution to solve global warming". 
  54. ^ "The Case for a Carbon Tax". 

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