List of supporters of Pigouvian taxes
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"[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.
People
| Members | Date of induction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Daron Acemoglu[2] | Sept 2011 | Economist |
| Frank Ackerman | November 29, 2015[3] | Economist |
| Jonathan H. 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 Baicker[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[19] | Economist |
| Noam Chomsky[20] | May 21, 2013[21] | Philosopher |
| Steven Chu[22] | Dec 16, 2008 | Scientist |
| John H. Cochrane | August 7, 2013[23] | Economist |
| Richard N. Cooper | October 2008[24] | Economist |
| Bob Corker[25] | unknown | Politician |
| Tyler Cowen | September 8, 2009 | Economist |
| Kevin Cramer[26] | unknown | Political advisor |
| Clive Crook | June 24, 2006 | Pundit |
| Herman Daly[27] | August 14, 2007 | Economist |
| Laura D'Andrea Tyson[28] | unknown | Economist |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | August 21, 2014[29] | Actor |
| Christopher Dodd | April 25, 2007 | Politician |
| Ed Dolan | July 28, 2010[30] | Economist |
| Gregg Easterbrook | June 17, 2006 | Pundit |
| Christopher Farrell | June 24, 2006 | Composer |
| Peter Shaffer | March 18, 2002 | Playwright |
| 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[31] | unknown | Economist |
| Richard H Gammon[32] | October 2016 | Scientist |
| Bill Gates[33] | September 2, 2010 | Business magnate |
| Ted Gayer | June 27, 2006 | Economist |
| Edward Glaeser[34] | May 21, 2007 | Economist |
| Al Gore | June 24, 2006 | Politician |
| Lindsey Graham | March 1, 2010[35] | Politician |
| Corbett Grainger[36] | February 26, 2016 | Economist |
| Alan Greenspan | October 2, 2006 | Economist |
| Michael Greenstone[37] | October 12, 2010 | Economist |
| Steven C. Hackett | August 22, 2008 | Economist |
| Ted Halstead[38] | July 26, 2016 | Author / Nonprofit CEO |
| James Hansen[39] | unknown | Scientist |
| Tim Harford | December 8, 2006 | Economist |
| Kevin Hassett | January 29, 2007 | Economist |
| Katharine Hayhoe[40] | June 5, 2015 | Scientist |
| Shi-Ling Hsu[41] | unknown | Economist/Law professor |
| Bob Inglis | December 27, 2008[42] | Politician |
| Henry Jacoby | June 28, 2013[43] | Economist |
| Gary Johnson[44] | August 1, 2016 | Politician |
| Michael B. Jordan[45] | November 28, 2017 | Actor |
| Dale Jorgenson[46] | June 12, 2012 | Economist |
| Juliette Kayyem | March 20, 2014[7] | Law professor, homeland security expert |
| Charles Komanoff | March 6, 1989[47] | Economist |
| Joe Klein | June 17, 2006 | Pundit |
| Morton 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[42] | Economist |
| John Larson | August 9, 2007 | Politician |
| Judith Layzer | July 3, 2012[48] | Political scientist |
| David Leonhardt | February 21, 2007 | Pundit |
| Arik Levinson[49] | unknown | Economist |
| Steven Levitt | June 18, 2006 | Economist |
| Brink Lindsey | December 5, 2006 | Attorney |
| Bob Litterman[50] | unknown | Economist |
| Ray Magliozzi | January 15, 2007 | Pundit |
| N. Gregory Mankiw | June 17, 2006 | Economist |
| Donald B. Marron Jr.[51] | November 2014 | Economist |
| Megan McArdle | June 24, 2006 | Journalist |
| Jim McDermott|[52] | 2007 | Politician |
| Daniel McFadden | January 22, 2007 | Economist |
| Gilbert Metcalf | June 30, 2015[53] | Economist |
| Warren Meyer | March 25, 2016[54] | Engineer |
| Mike Moffatt | September 16, 2006 | Economist |
| William Moomaw | July 3, 2012[55] | Scientist |
| Adele C. Morris[56] | unknown | Economist |
| Alan Mulally | August 9, 2007 | Ford CEO |
| Chris Murphy[57] | unknown | Politician |
| Elon Musk[58] | February 3, 2015 | Business magnate |
| Ralph Nader[59] | December 3, 2008 | Politician |
| Gavin Newsom | December 9, 2007 | Politician |
| William Nordhaus | June 17, 2006 | Economist |
| Grover Norquist[60] | February 16, 2006 | Founder, Americans for Tax Reform |
| Steven Novella | June 17, 2016[61] | Physician, skeptic |
| Bill Nye | October 21, 2014[62] | Scientist |
| Leon Panetta[63] | October 18, 2006 | Politician |
| Peter Passell[64] | April 1, 1992 | Economist |
| Robert Pindyck[65] | 2013 | Economist |
| Phil Plait[66] | July 21, 2016 | Scientist |
| Brad Plumer[67] | unknown | Pundit |
| Eduardo Porter[68] | Sept 11, 2012[69] | Journalist |
| Paul Portney | May 18, 2007[70] | Economist |
| Richard Posner | November 4, 2006 | Jurist |
| Jonathan Rauch | June 17, 2006 | Journalist |
| Robert Reich[71] | unknown | Economist |
| Richard Revesz | September 15, 2015[72] | Law professor |
| Kenneth Rogoff | September 16, 2006 | Economist |
| Nouriel Roubini | November 9, 2006 | Economist |
| Steven Running | Feb 27, 2006[27] | 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[73] | Politician |
| Isabel Sawhill | February 16, 2007 | Economist |
| Brian Schatz[74] | November 19, 2014 | Politician |
| George Shultz | October 30, 2006 | Economist |
| Robert J. Shapiro | February 20, 2007 | Economist |
| Eliot Spitzer[75] | July 5, 2012 | Politician |
| Pete Stark[76] | 2007 | Politician |
| Irwin Stelzer[77] | unknown | Economist |
| Charles Stenholm | February 16, 2007 | Politician |
| Joseph Stiglitz[78] | unknown | Economist |
| Andrew Sullivan | June 24, 2006 | Pundit |
| Lawrence Summers | October 31, 2006 | Economist |
| Alex Tabarrok[79] | June 16, 2010 | Economist |
| Jerry Taylor | March 23, 2015[80] | Economist |
| Richard Thaler | April 1, 2012[81] | Economist |
| John Tierney | June 17, 2006 | Pundit |
| Rex Tillerson[82] | February 9, 2009 | Exxon-Mobil CEO |
| Ben van Beurden[83] | October 5, 2015 | Royal Dutch Shell CEO |
| Hal Varian | October 1, 2006 | Economist |
| Paul Volcker | February 14, 2007 | Economist |
| Gernot Wagner[84] | September 7, 2011 | Economist |
| Margaret A. Walls[85] | unknown | Economist |
| Charles Wheelan[86] | unknown | Economist |
| Sheldon Whitehouse[74] | November 19, 2014 | Politician |
| Neil Young | November 24, 2015[87] | Musician |
Organizations
The Economist has expressed support for Pigouvian policies[88] as has The Washington Post Editorial Board,[89][90][91][92] NPR's "Planet Money"[8][93] and The New York Times.[94][95]
References
- ^ 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". Planet Money. 2012-07-19.
- ^ "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?".
- ^ Chevalier, Judith (2007-12-16). "A Carbon Cap That Starts in Washington". The New York Times.
- ^ "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?". Freakonomics Radio. 2015-02-05.
- ^ Litterman, Bob (Summer 2013). "What Is the Right Price for Carbon Emissions?". Regulation. 36 (2). CATO Institute: 38–43.
- ^ "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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- ^ "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.
- ^ Pindyck, Robert S. (Summer 2013). "Pricing Carbons When We Don't Know the Right Price". Regulation. 36 (2). CATO Institute.
- ^ 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". Archived from the original on April 17, 2011.
- ^ "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
- 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)