LF: Carbon Tax Book Recommendation

[davidI]

Does anyone have recommendations for good objective books about carbon taxes and the resulting economic / environmental impacts.

There is so much biased information out there I'd like to develop a properly formed opinion on the matter.

The Case for a Carbon Tax: Getting Past Our Hang-ups to Effective Climate Policy by Shi-Ling Hsu gets good reviews on Amazon but it's $40 and was published in 2011 so I'm hoping to find something a little more current for less.

[ExtraSlow]

I don't know of a good reference book for you. However on a philosophical level, I do agree that taxation on undesirable behaviors is one of the few effective levers governments have to change those behaviors. Of course, politicians turn everything into pandering and vote buying, complicate what should be simple programs, and dull the effectiveness of those programs.

[davidI]

I don't know of a good reference book for you. However on a philosophical level, I do agree that taxation on undesirable behaviors is one of the few effective levers governments have to change those behaviors. Of course, politicians turn everything into pandering and vote buying, complicate what should be simple programs, and dull the effectiveness of those programs.

I agree, but want to develop an informed decision. I don't like what Notley or Trudeau have proposed but I do want to do my reading before arguing for something different.

If anyone has good academic papers I'd also be interested in reading those.

http://www.econ.yale.edu/~nordhaus/homepage/kyoto_long_2005.pdf

[davidI]

A good article on the subject: https://business.financialpost.com/opinion/terence-corcoran-ignore-trudeaus-carbon-tax-chorus-nobel-economists-arent-backing-this-plan/?fbclid=IwAR3Ay-_SW52YdUGdlrNsb-YtFnxKu5VL_edSxZQDZegjECj56AiPWbhZr1Y

[davidI]

Bumping an old post but I came across these articles which I found offered interesting perspectives on why carbon taxes likely make the most sense to tackle climate change:

https://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2018/MurphyNordhaus.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/howardgleckman/2018/10/10/bill-nordhaus-the-nobel-prize-climate-change-and-carbon-taxes/#2d4c720e6a03
https://voxeu.org/article/william-nordhaus-and-costs-climate-change

[A790]

Careful now. Carbon taxes and global warming are both scams around these parts. Believing in and/or supporting either will result in continuous harassment from the resident head in sand crew.

[dirtsniffer]

The only issue I have with our carbon tax is that 51% of the population doesn't pay it, with some possibly getting back more then they even put in.

If this is as important as most believe it is, why isn't everyone pitching in?

On top of that, what are we using it for? Paying people to change light bulbs and spending money on feel good energy projects. It sure as fuck didn't buy us any social license that's for sure.

The implications of making our products less competitive is a real threat. Canada is a large exporter, and the more manufacturing costs increase the less competitive our products become.

I'm not sold on the fact that we will likely have to decrease our quality of life to make these goals, unless the US, China, and India join. I highly doubt they will. Anyone who wants to say that China is now leading the green push should watch the China hustle.