Episode

Carbon Tax vs. Green Subsidies

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Unintended Consequences
Published
Jun 11, 2026
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1200
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https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/carbon-tax-vs-green-subsidies
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Summary

There’s an ongoing debate among economists about the most effective policy for incentivizing a reduction in carbon emissions. It’s essentially Team Carbon Tax vs Team Green New Deal, which is a debate over whether prices or subsidies are the more effective tool. In this episode, Paul and Peter discuss the paper “Green Waste” by Ingvil Gaarder et al and its surprising findings about Norway’s experiment with green subsidies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.