The Pigou Club
As readers of this blog know, I am a fan of Pigovian taxes. These taxes allow us to correct market failures without heavy-handed regulations, while raising government revenue so we can reduce more distortionary forms of taxation.
I am not alone in this view. Here are a list of some economists and pundits who at times have advocated higher gasoline taxes or carbon taxes:
If commentators know of other economists and pundits who have publicly advocated higher Pigovian taxes, please let me know, including the relevant citation.
I am not alone in this view. Here are a list of some economists and pundits who at times have advocated higher gasoline taxes or carbon taxes:
- Greg Mankiw (Fortune 5/24/99, WSJ 1/3/06, 5/31/06)
- Bill Nordhaus (Foreign Policy in Focus 3/27/06)
- Martin Feldstein (WSJ 6/4/92)
- Gary Becker (Businessweek 5/27/02)
- Robert Frank (NY Times 2/16/06, 6/8/06)
- Greg Easterbrook (NY Times 5/25/04)
- John Tierney (NY Times 10/4/05, 5/23/06)
- Jonathan Rauch (National Journal 2/9/02)
- Thomas Friedman (NY Times 9/21/05, 2/8/06, 6/16/06)
- Joe Klein (Time 5/7/06)
If commentators know of other economists and pundits who have publicly advocated higher Pigovian taxes, please let me know, including the relevant citation.
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