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Kenneth J. Arrow
Kenneth J. Arrow, Professor of Economics Emeritus and Professor of Management Science and Engineering Emeritus at Stanford University, won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1972.
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The Case for Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Kenneth J. Arrow Series: Against the Current 2007-12-10Many economists believe that serious action to limit carbon emissions is not justified, because there remains substantial uncertainty about the extent of the costs of global climate change, and because these costs will be incurred far in the future. But, even controlling for uncertainty and high discounting of the future, policies aimed at mitigating carbon emissions make economic sense.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 29935
