Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Waxman-Markey wasn't an idealistic attempt to achieve the politically impossible; it tried to buy off interest groups by giving them the emission rights under cap and trade. But its pragmatism was aimed at appeasing industry, not getting public buy-in 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 11, 2019 Hibernated

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I want to return to this @drvox thread on why the climate bill failed in 2009-10; he thinks the lessons make the case for a Green New Deal, and so do I 1/ https://t.co/bde5waJ52D — PolitiTweet.org

1. In 2013, famed political scientist Theda Skocpol released an influential analysis of what went wrong with the 20… https://t.co/vRDOAaJPcz

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What we need, then, is something that gives ordinary people a stake in climate legislation. Yet like @drvox, I don't think a carbon tax redistributed as a dividend to the public would do the job. Why? Because it wouldn't generate enough intensity 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 11, 2019 Hibernated