[PEN-L] More on toxic tuna

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/01/25/think-twice-about-going-out-for-sushi/

[PEN-L] Carbon, Schmarbon... Just give me a ticket on an aeroplane, ain't got time to take a fast train

China to build 97 new airports by 2020 26/01/2008 09h41 BEIJING (AFP) - China announced plans Saturday to build nearly 100 new airports by 2020 to cater for soaring demand. The proposals will mean eight out of every ten residents will live within 100 kilometres (60 miles) of an airport within 12

Re: [PEN-L] Cap and Trade versus Carbon Tax

Thanks for responding, Max and Robert. First about the complexity of taxes and the measurement problem which Robert addresses. As I see it, the measurement problem is greatly diminished by the following fact: the activity which creates externalities and which needs to be taxed is the injection

[PEN-L] The Fantasy of Endless Consumption, Director's Cut

Whatever else you may or may not do, though, living without debt is not an option. Be forever unsatisfied, Shah Rukh Khan tells us: do not be santusht (satisfied). The size of the moneyed middle class may be a matter of dispute, but the survival of corporations, and of consumer capitalism itself,

Re: [PEN-L] Cap and Trade versus Carbon Tax

Well the main point could be true but the vignette glosses over the cost of running the inspectors, how easy it is to see the scrubber (do you have to climb to the top of each smokestack?), how many scrubbers, whether they work, who knows what else. Most important, the cost minimizing location

[PEN-L] Time as a stabilization policy tool

David B. Shemano wrote: ... Play along. I find it ironic somebody just posted another article about the stupidity of the Laffer Curve (lower rates, more revenues), while the topic under discussion seems to be a Laffer Curve analog: less hours, more productivity. If you find my post

Re: [PEN-L] Cap and Trade versus Carbon Tax

Agreed. The main point is that all of the options have complex transactions costs. Neither regulation nor auctioning pollution rights nor anything else will always have the lowest. Well the main point could be true but the vignette glosses over the cost of running the inspectors, how easy it is

[PEN-L] Time as a stabilization policy tool

From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kenneth C. Griffin, who received more than $1 billion last year as chairman of a hedge fund, the Citadel Investment Group, declared: The money is a byproduct of a passionate endeavor. Mr. Griffin, 38, argued that those who focus on the money -- and there

Re: [PEN-L] Cap and Trade versus Carbon Tax

Giving polluters property rights is ridiculous. The abuses of carbon trading are so flagrant that the trade of cap trade should be an obvious non-starter. Patrick Bond gave us a good example of the Durban garbage dump trade some time ago. Some kinds of regulation do seem workable. Many

[PEN-L] Why worry about a poor stimulus plan?

ttp://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/why-worry-about-a-poor-stimulus-plan/ January 24, 2008, 7:28 pm Why worry about a poor stimulus plan? So the stimulus plan agreed to by House Democrats is a real piece of, um, bad legislation. It could have been even worse -- it could

[PEN-L] California's Raging Health Care Crisis

http://www.counterpunch.org/sandronsky01272008.html - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

Re: [PEN-L] Cap and Trade versus Carbon Tax

On Jan 26, 2008 7:15 AM, ehrbar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Again, I am trying to argue that cap and trade is bad because it creates something new that has its own life, and that a tax regime does not have this drawback. Taxes protect the commons without privatizing them. I may be wrong, I am

[PEN-L] stimulus plan

How outrageous are the tax cuts? All I am seeing concerns the checks sent to taxpayers. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com

Re: [PEN-L] Cap and Trade versus Carbon Tax

Max just gave one of the prime arguments used in favor of quantity constraints: Setting the target in and of itself by the way is easier than trying to figure out the tax rate that gets you to the target. I think this is a red herring. The target is 100 percent renewable energy, i.e, zero

Re: [PEN-L] Cap and Trade versus Carbon Tax

Shutting down a plant doesn't get you any points in a cap and trade scheme. If the emissions target is set and enforced, it doesn't matter who shuts down what or what equipment they buy. Setting the target in and of itself by the way is easier than trying to figure out the tax rate that gets you

Re: [PEN-L] Cap and Trade versus Carbon Tax

You don't get carbon credits for shutting down a plant? On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 09:35:32PM -0500, Max B. Sawicky wrote: Shutting down a plant doesn't get you any points in a cap and trade scheme. If the emissions target is set and enforced, it doesn't matter who shuts down what or what

[PEN-L] George Habash, marxist, Dies at 82

http://www.pflp.ps/english/?q=print/161 The Palestinian newspaper Al-Ayyam interviewed Dr. George Habash, Founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, in May 2001. The interview follows below: The key to facing any potential internal conflict is to ensure democratic process at