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Going Green but Getting Nowhere

Wagner, Gernot

High school science tells us that global warming is real. And economics teaches us that humanity must have the right incentives if it is to stop this terrible trend. Don’t stop recycling. Don’t stop buying local. But add mastering some basic economics to your to-do list. Our future will be largely determined by our ability to admit the need to end planetary socialism. That’s the most fundamental of economics lessons and one any serious environmentalist ought to heed.

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December 5, 2012