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State Capacity and Liberalism

…general, but any effort to implement a jobs guarantee would have to start slowly and concentrate on building capacity. Carbon taxes require less state capacity than regulation, which requires less…

Global Oil Demand Rises  

…rising for at least the near future. I have posted previously on how global carbon emissions appear to have bottomed around April 7, with them rising since, if still well…

China’s climate announcement

…what he called “carbon neutrality before 2060.” If realized, the pledges would be crucial in the global fight against climate change. This may be mostly PR, but it may signal…

Whitehouse on the Court

…on corporate spending in candidate elections, Congress had held regular, bipartisan hearings and even votes on legislation to limit the carbon emissions causing climate change. But Citizens United allowed the…

2050

…or on-line, of course. Capitalists still get to capitalist to their hearts’ content, if capitalist they must. But, capitalism doesn’t pay well these days. People finally deprogrammed. Nowadays, and for…