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PCI in Paul Krugman NYT op-ed

September 18, 2014

Economist Paul Krugman lined up PCI with the Koch Brothers in this NYT op-ed on fighting climate change for free.

From the post:

But climate despair produces some odd bedfellows: Koch-fueled insistence that emission limits would kill economic growth is echoed by some who see this as an argument not against climate action, but against growth. You can find this attitude in the mostly European “degrowth” movement, or in American groups like the Post Carbon Institute; I’ve encountered claims that saving the planet requires an end to growth at left-leaning meetings on “rethinking economics.” To be fair, anti-growth environmentalism is a marginal position even on the left, but it’s widespread enough to call out nonetheless.

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Read Richard Heinberg’s response, Paul Krugman’s Errors and Omissions