Archive for the ‘Our publications’ Category
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OUR PUBLICATIONS: POWER POINTS
Sustainable Economic Growth with pollution fees from Stephen Hinton This presentation is a longer version of the one prepared for a presentation at the Swedish Agency of Economic Growth. A new economic paradigm from Stephen Hinton Below is the presentation from Anders Höglund, the originator of the concept of flexible emission fees. Anders introduced the [...]
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Briefing paper: putting price on emissions using ecological maturity impact
The price mechanism does not provide perfect information and does not necessarily lead to a perfectly efficient distribution of resources. Many argue that the low cost of externalizing pollution to the community is leading us to create a fossil-dependent infrastructure that will be obsolete before it has paid for itself. This briefing explores the arguments for and [...]
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Background paper on futures markets and emissions fees released
The Foundation is pleased to announce the publication of the background paper A new method to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases, by Anders Höglund. The paper describes how to do something that has baffled many economists: reveal the cost for reducing environmental emissions. Read the paper here theemissionsfeefuturesmarket-alh2010c_1_1
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Climate sceptic U-turns and calls for Carbon Emissions Tax
Well-known economist climate critic Bjørn Lomborg – the self styled “sceptical environmentalist”- is calling for massive investment into climate change measures. To fund them he is suggesting a tax on carbon emissions in his latest book Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits Says Bjørn, quoted in the Guardian, “The point I’ve always [...]
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Proposal to solve the CO2 taxation challenge
This discussion paper presents Höglund’s flexible emission fee mechanism applied to the carbon dioxide challenge. This proposal ensures market forces converge on the challenge of reducing emission whilst bolstering economic growth.
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Read our white paper on flexible emission fees on-line
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Report recommends more research on Flexible Emissions Fees
This report outlines a method to put a price on emissions targeted by government for substantial reduction or complete elimination. The tax provides a mechanism by which pollution can be reduced in an economically efficient manner. The basic principle for the mechanism is that the pollution abatement should be cost efficient, not only concerning the [...]
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New Discussion Paper released: “An economic policy for stable, sustainable, development “
This discussion paper presents Höglund’s Interest rate rule: a new paradigm within the field of macroeconomics. It suggests practical methods to maintain an optimally strong, environmentally compliant and genuinely sustainable, employment-conducive demand in the economy. The paper contains a simplified description of a method to stabilize real estate markets and financial systems, to prevent recessions [...]
