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Nobel award recognizes how economic forces can fight climate change

  • Written by Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor at the Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
Nobel award recognizes how economic forces can fight climate changeWilliam Nordhaus argues markets can help curb climate change.AP Photo/Craig Ruttle

Yale economist William Nordhaus has devoted his life’s work to understanding the costs of climate change and advocating the use of a carbon tax to curb global warming.

It’s no small irony, then, that on the same day his research shared in the Nobel...

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