tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post3629888745676185847..comments2023-10-30T02:03:56.081+13:00Comments on Capitalism Bad; Tree Pretty: I don't even have a categoryMaiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212711843307060731noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-23864095747623020662007-01-07T14:21:00.000+13:002007-01-07T14:21:00.000+13:00Might not be your cups of tea, but two "groups of ...Might not be your cups of tea, but two "groups of resistance" I'm involved with have done '06 reviews:<br /><br />Trans-tasman anti-fascist collective Fight Dem Back's is available at http://www.fightdemback.org/2007/01/02/there-goes-2006/<br /><br />Save Happy Valley Coalition's is at http://anarchia.wordpress.com/2007/01/06/save-happy-valley-the-year-in-review/<br /><br />:)Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01782227406470450089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-91352709425378684232006-12-29T12:56:00.000+13:002006-12-29T12:56:00.000+13:00But the only solution to climate change in mainstr...<I>But the only solution to climate change in mainstream politics appears to be to turn pollution and the environment into a commodity.</I><br /><br />Well, that's one way of doing it. But that solution is theoretically identical in its effects to a simple tax; the difference is primarily distributional (who pays, who benefits). In the imperfect world, there are also questions of certainty of price vs certainty of the reduction in pollution, which seem to be rather more important in practice.<br /><br />As for the whole approach, a market is simply a tool. Regulations, taxes, and bottle openers are also tools; the question is really what works best for a particular problem. In this case, markets seem to be a very useful tool for targeting large point sources of emissions - power stations and factories - and have the added bonus that they create vested interests who will then resist any attempt to roll the policy back (wheras noone will defend a regulatory approach).Idiot/Savanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993069909613708957noreply@blogger.com