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A carbon tax on investment income could be more fair and...

Jared Starr, UMass Amherst About 10 years ago, a very thick book written by a French economist became a...

Shipping is tough on the climate and hard to clean up...

Jing Sun, University of Michigan Ships carry more than 80% of world trade, and they rely heavily on some...

The oil industry says it might support a carbon tax –...

Richard Schmalensee, MIT Sloan School of Management and David Schoenbrod, New York Law School The oil industry’s lobbying arm,...

Janet Yellen confirmed as first female US Treasury secretary – here’s...

Rachel Kyte, Tufts University The Senate voted 84-15 to confirm economist Janet Yellen as U.S. Treasury secretary on Jan....

With the right guiding principles, carbon taxes can work

Gilbert E. Metcalf, Tufts University Like most economists, I favor taxing carbon dioxide to cut carbon pollution. A carbon tax makes fossil fuels like oil and...

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