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Gernot Wagner

Gernot Wagner

Writing for PS since 2016
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Gernot Wagner, a climate economist at Columbia Business School, is the author, most recently, of Geoengineering: The Gamble (Polity, 2021).

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  1. Realism About Techno-Optimism
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    Realism About Techno-Optimism

    Jan 26, 2023 Gernot Wagner laments that public debate about climate solutions is long on political grandstanding and short on nuance.

  2. The Case for Mandating Climate-Risk Disclosure
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    The Case for Mandating Climate-Risk Disclosure

    Nov 24, 2022 Timothy Meyer, et al. defend the legal and economic justification for the US Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed new rule.

  3. Who Pays for Climate Change?
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    Who Pays for Climate Change?

    Nov 16, 2022 Gernot Wagner sees voluntary carbon credits as only a partial answer to one of the biggest questions facing policymakers.

  4. Some Green Technologies Are More Equal Than Others
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    Some Green Technologies Are More Equal Than Others

    Oct 18, 2022 Gernot Wagner cautions against embracing immediate solutions that would be less efficient in the long run.

  5. The High Stakes of Climate-Risk Accounting
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    The High Stakes of Climate-Risk Accounting

    Sep 28, 2022 Gernot Wagner & Tom Brookes show why economists can no longer ignore the need for a far more comprehensive set of welfare indicators.

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    Tax the Rich to Save the Planet

    Owen Gaffney argues that reducing economic inequality is the key to strengthening democracy and mitigating climate change.
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    Is Globalization Over?

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. explains why reports of the death of humanity's interdependence are greatly exaggerated.
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    Putin and Trump in the Dock?

    Jack Goldsmith explains the risks associated with pursuing criminal prosecutions against high-profile political figures.
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    The Great Revision

    Joschka Fischer examines the broader geopolitical restructuring that was triggered by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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    Why Inflation Persists

    Lars P. Feld

    What "Team Transitory" has missed in the inflation debate is that inflation tends to become persistent because of second-round effects. Not only have producer prices risen over the past year or so, but they also have not yet been fully passed through the value chain.

     navigates the complex array of factors that give rise to one of the biggest problems in macroeconomics.
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    Wanted: Vladimir Putin

    Antara Haldar explains why the International Criminal Court’s indictment is more than just a symbolic victory.
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    Here We Go Again?

    Fifteen years after the collapse of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers triggered a devastating global financial crisis, the banking system is in trouble again. Central bankers and financial regulators each seem to bear some of the blame for the recent tumult, but there is significant disagreement over how much – and what, if anything, can be done to avoid a deeper crisis.

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    The Coming Doom Loop

    Nouriel Roubini warns that liquidity support will not be enough to prevent a deeper financial crisis and economic downturn.
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    Crises of Uncertainty

    Harold James fears the consequences of policymakers’ continual revision of economic and financial governance rules.

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