Nordhaus is an economist who wrote papers in the 80s to trivialize the consequence of climate change. He is allied with other individuals that worked to spread corporate disinformation on tobacco, asbestos, CFCs and acid rain. His papers provided policy legitimatization to ignore climate change. Koch is more widely known for his own activities and has sponsored science denial. The result is climate crisis.
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I’ve skimmed half of his Noble Prize acceptance speech. His climate change work began in the 1970s but his significant work was in the 1990s.
The lecture begins with sound economics theory (diseconomies and public goods). It’s the assumption that throwing math at social science = great predictions that sets my teeth on edge (not just here). There’s a reason the field began as philosophy.
@GhostOnTheHalfShell Capital is more important to a capitalist than anything else. They do not care about the deaths they cause, they only care about the money they make.
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