Cap-and-Trade's Unlikely Critics: Its Creators

Economists behind the original concept of cap-and-trade question the system's large-scale usefulness, and recommend emissions taxes instead. Full Story »

Posted by Kelly Garrett - via Alan Murray, Wall Street Journal (Most Emailed), NewsRack (Energy)
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Posted by: Posted by Kelly Garrett - Aug 12, 2009 - 6:49 PM PDT
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by Kelly Garrett - Aug. 13, 2009

Interesting take on the challenges of a cap-and-trade system. Would benefit from more sources, though, as it reads a bit like a human interest story right now.

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by Evan Langhorst - Aug. 25, 2009

I do like this article because it references one of the early developers of the cap and trade system. However, I would have liked some discussion ... More »

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by ruceerr - Aug. 13, 2009

It is refreshing to see this and the problematic issues Mr. Crocker brings up trying to apply such a scheme. What was not discussed is that ... More »

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