Climate policy Archives - Philosophy of Money

Net zero has little to fear from populism

17th October 2023

Climate policy, Sample Of One, Theory & Other Problems, Uncategorised

The accidental wisdom of Mr Sunak How much does the transition to net zero have to fear from populism? In the UK, populist wannabe, Nigel Farage, has turned his sights on net zero, having recently dismissed Br...

Reframing climate policy: a reply to Simon Wren-Lewis

Eric Lonergan & Corinne Sawers

5th March 2023

Climate policy, Economic History

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It is just over a year since we published Supercharge Me: Net Zero Faster, in the same week that Russia invaded the Ukraine. Six months later, the United States passed the Inflation Recovery Act. Both of these ...

Highs & lows of economics: Kilkenny, crypto, and inflation

Eric Lonergan

13th November 2022

Austerity, Climate policy, Economic History, Monetary Policy, Theory & Other Problems

Economics keeps letting me down. The decade or so following the financial crisis spawned thousands of papers researching the financial system. I had a sinking feeling that none of it would help. Policy-making ...

EPICs v taxes

Eric Lonergan & Corinne Sawers

27th March 2022

Climate policy, Finance & Asset Pricing, Uncategorised

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EPIC debates: a reply to The Economist’s Free Exchange (more…)...

The wrong chapter of the textbook

Eric Lonergan & Corinne Sawers

9th January 2022

Climate policy, Economic History

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Climate policy: where economics went wrong Regular readers of this blog will be aware of a twelve month hiatus since I last posted anything. There is a good reason. Corinne Sawers, a sustainability expert, and...

Net zero has little to fear from populism

Reframing climate policy: a reply to Simon Wren-Lewis

Highs & lows of economics: Kilkenny, crypto, and inflation

EPICs v taxes

The wrong chapter of the textbook

Reviews of Eric’s book

CNBC: market sell-off is ‘noise’

Monetary policy & babysitting: why rates are so low, and ‘what’s next?’