What Do Economists Have to Say About Global Warming?

The Hoover Digest has three articles in the Spring 2007 issue that give a pretty good sense of the range of views on the microeconomics of the issue --- by Gary Becker, Richard Posner and Terry Anderson and Bob McCormick.

Who do you think has the better of the argument?

Comments

[triya]

I think Terry Anderson and Robert McCormick have the better argument and Posner has the worst. Posner talks very casually about $7.6 billion being a small amount, or even $73 million a year that he wants us to put aside every year. Neither amount is small change. Becker makes interesting arguments, and I agree with him about advances in technology and efficiency in the future; but, he is still for finding an appropriate discount rate which I believe is pointless.

[Brian Wang]

I agree with Triya about who makes the best argument. Although, I'm unsure as to why she believes finding an appropriate discount rate is pointless.

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