I thought Larry Summers explained this very well.
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:00:47PM -0700, Eugene Coyle wrote: > In the New York Times yesterday and again today a columnist and blogger, > John Tierney has advanced the argument that "richer is better" for the > environment. His argument is that richer countries have the resources to > devote to cleaning up their environmental damage and to obviate more > damage. One of the blogs is titled "Use Energy, Get Rich and Save the > Planet." > > This is an argument that has been well-aired over the years. The Stern > Report anticipated this and refuted the idea with respect to GHG. > > I don't know Tierney's political history -- and only read stuff where > the headline catches my eye. But these blogs seem to me to have a clear > political purpose at this moment. > > Gene Coyle > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
