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Blockading Oil

…immediate and life-threatening effects. More than 80 percent of Cuba’s electricity is generated from oil. Blackouts have already increased dramatically as capacity has fallen. Hospitals, health services and pharmaceutical availability have been disrupted; the…

Why do Republicans Hate Market-Incentive Based Solutions?

…over an incentive-based carbon tax system by a five-to-one margin. Compared to a two-to-one margin among Democrats. This is a prime example of knee-jerk anti-taxism preventing Republicans from implementing, or…

Paul Krugman is Wrong about the Rise of the Robots

…robot owners), and possibly by other sources (for example, a carbon tax). It goes without saying that implementing such a solution would be an enormous social and political challenge. And

Thank you, Judge Posner

…so, reduce carbon emissions from electrical generating plants. — Judge Richard A. Posner, on Slate, 5:38 p.m. today Amen. Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan also made that point, in…