Might the US move from being a laggard to a leader in tackling global climate change? Two recent announcements — the “economists’ statement on carbon dividends” and the Green New Deal — suggest that it might. Intellectually, these proposals are from different planets. But they could be a basis for something reasonable. More important, influential people at least agree that for the US to stand pat is unconscionable.
在應對全球氣候變化問題上,美國可能會從落后者變為領導者嗎?最近的兩個公告——“經濟學家們關于碳紅利的聲明”和“綠色新政”(Green New Deal)——暗示這是有可能的。從理論基礎上講,這些提案來自不同的星球。但它們可能是某種合理方案的基礎。更重要的是,有影響力的人至少同意,美國在氣候變化問題上堅持己見是不合情理的。
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