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Privatising Climate Policy

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Existing ‘climate change’ policy instruments should be withdrawn. Climate science cannot provide the knowledge that is needed to justify them. Anthropogenic global warming is a putative interpersonal conflict rather than market failure. Where property rights need protecting, tort litigation on the basis of strict liability is appropriate. By providing a public arena for the competitive testing of scientific hypotheses, such litigation would also promote the advancement of climate science.

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  • Graham Dawson, 2009. "Privatising Climate Policy," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(3), pages 57-62, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ecaffa:v:29:y:2009:i:3:p:57-62
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2009.01920.x
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    1. Graham Dawson, 2008. "The Economic Science Fiction Of Climate Change: A Free-Market Perspective On The Stern Review And The Ipcc," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(4), pages 42-47, December.
    2. Pennington, Mark, 2004. "Liberty, Markets and Environmental Values: A Hayekian Defence of Free Market Environmentalism," Ratio Working Papers 50, The Ratio Institute.
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