7 Posts Tagged "Perspective"
PlasTax: the best kind of nudge
Posted on May 1st 2013 |
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Nudge is the best kind of book. It presents the type of head-slappingly obvious solutions to public policy problems that make you wonder why you needed a book to tell you about them in th ...
Why does no one in Thailand recycle, Bangkok is a polluted mess, yet everyone uses CFLs?
Posted on March 19th 2013 |
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Few Thais recycle, no one bikes, plastic bags are everywhere and Bangkok is afflicted by gridlock and pollution. So you might say that, in general, Thais behave more like citizens of a rapidly emerging economy than the typical Brooklyn environmentalist.
Why, then, does virtually every h ...
Nature: The rebound effect is overplayed
Posted on January 23rd 2013 |
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Trying to put the rebound effect for energy efficiency in its rightful place is like playing a game of wack-a-mole. Predictably every couple of years, someone new discovers the counter-intuitive appeal of showing how more efficient energy policies may lead to more energy use. Wham! Told yo ...
Foreign Policy: Why Bloomberg Endorsed Obama
Posted on November 2nd 2012 |
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When it rains, it pours. First came Sandy, the incarnation of the Rumsfeldian "unknown unknowns." Then came the political hurricane, with three-term ...
WSJ Review: This is what a ‘fat tail’ looks like.
Posted on November 1st 2012 |
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Harvard's Martin Weitzman and I on why it isn't over 'til the fat tail zings:
Call them “black swans,” “unknown unknowns,” “fat tails,” or “10-foot women.” Whatever you call them, they’re bizar ...
Foreign Policy on Playing God
Posted on October 25th 2012 |
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In its first post-debate, non-debate piece ...
strategy+business: An Optimist’s Case for Climate Policy
Posted on October 22nd 2012 |
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Interview with strategy+business' Ro ...
