Peace Not Pollution - How Going Green Can Tackle Climate Change And Toxic Politics - A Free Book

9th July 2023

Peace not Pollution edited by Christian Gollier Dominic Rohner is a big read for anyone interested in the economics and climate and the green transition required to save the planet. 237 Page and it can be downloaded free of charge at the link at the bottom of this page.

There is growing awareness worldwide of the existential threat posed by climate change and the need for a green transition. Yet, specific ecological policy proposals are routinely rejected by large segments of the population.

As argued in this 21-chapter strong eBook, while this may be partly due to freeriding or the utopic hope of saving the planet without sacrifices, a key role is also played by the fact that policy proposals are often badly communicated and ignore political economy incentives and adverse distributional effects.

Yet, unintended distributional impacts of green taxes are by no means unavoidable, as a clever design can make any levy progressive. For example, a carbon tax with a targeted redistribution of the ‘carbon dividend' is able to fight both climate change and inequality, without increasing the total tax burden.

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