Pigou Club Explained

The Pigou Club is described by its creator, economist Gregory Mankiw, as a “group of economists and pundits with the good sense to have publicly advocated higher Pigouvian taxes, such as gasoline taxes or carbon taxes."^[1] A Pigouvian tax is a tax levied to correct the negative externalities (negative side-effects) of a market activity. These ideas are also known as an ecotaxes or green tax shifts.

Members

Members	Date of induction	Description
Daron Acemoglu^[2]	Sept 2011	Economist
	November 29, 2015^[3]	Economist
Jonathan Adler^[4]	May 30, 2012	Law Professor
Joseph Aldy	May 3, 2016^[5]	Policy Professor
	February 6, 2007	Pundit
	March 28, 2014^[6]	Economist
	March 20, 2014^[7]	Politician
Katherine Baiker^[8]	July 19, 2012	Economist
	July 19, 2012	Economist
	June 24, 2006	Journalist
Jim Barrett	April 1, 2000^[9]	Economist
Bruce Bartlett^[10]	May 15, 2017	Historian of Economics
Yoram Bauman^[11]	April 1998	Economist
	June 17, 2006	Economist
Antonio Bento^[12]	March 5, 2013	Economist
	March 20, 2014	Administrator
	August 24, 2016	Actor
Alan Blinder^[13]	January 31, 2011	Economist
	November 2, 2007	Politician
Erik Brynjolfsson^[14]	February 8, 1991	Economist
	January 16, 2008	Pundit
Willem Buiter^[15]	June 12, 2008	Economist
Steve Chapman	July 4, 2013^[16]	Pundit
Judith Chevalier^[17]	December 2007	Economist
Noam Chomsky^[18]	May 21, 2013^[19]	Philosopher
Steven Chu^[20]	Dec 16, 2008	Scientist
	August 7, 2013^[21]	Economist
	October 2008^[22]	Economist
Bob Corker^[23]	unknown	Politician
	September 8, 2009	Economist
Kevin Cramer^[24]	unknown	Political Advisor
	June 24, 2006	Pundit
Herman Daly^[25]	August 14, 2007	Economist
Laura D'Andrea Tyson^[26]	unknown	Economist
	August 21, 2014^[27]	Actor
	April 25, 2007	Politician
Ed Dolan	July 28, 2010^[28]	Economist
	June 17, 2006	Pundit
Christopher Farrell	June 24, 2006	Composer
	March 18, 2002	Economist
	June 17, 2006	Economist
	February 16, 2007	Politician
	June 17, 2006	Pundit
	November 9, 2006	Pundit
	February 2, 2007	Economist
William Gale^[29]	unknown	Economist
Richard H Gammon^[30]	October 2016	Scientist
Bill Gates^[31]	September 2, 2010	Business Magnate
	June 27, 2006	Economist
Edward Glaeser^[32]	May 21, 2007	Economist
	June 24, 2006	Politician
	March 1, 2010^[33]	Politician
Corbett Grainger^[34]	February 26, 2016	Economist
	October 2, 2006	Economist
Michael Greenstone^[35]	October 12, 2010	Economist
	August 22, 2008	Economist
Ted Halstead^[36]	July 26, 2016	Author / Nonprofit CEO
James Hansen^[37]	unknown	Scientist
	December 8, 2006	Economist
	January 29, 2007	Economist
Katharine Hayhoe^[38]	June 5, 2015	Scientist
Shi-Ling Hsu^[39]	unknown	Economist/Law Professor
	December 27, 2008^[40]	Politician
Henry Jacoby	June 28, 2013^[41]	Economist
Gary Johnson^[42]	August 1, 2016	Politician
Michael B. Jordan^[43]	November 28, 2017	Actor
Dale Jorgenson^[44]	June 12, 2012	Economist
	March 20, 2014	Law Professor, Homeland Security Expert
Charles Komanoff	March 6, 1989^[45]	Economist
	June 17, 2006	Pundit
Mort Kondracke	June 23, 2007	Pundit
	January 26, 2007	Pundit
	June 24, 2006	Economist
	October 30, 2006	Politician
	December 27, 2008	Economist
	August 9, 2007	Politician
Judith Layzer	July 3, 2012^[46]	Political Scientist
	February 21, 2007	Pundit
Arik Levinson^[47]	unknown	Economist
	June 18, 2006	Economist
	December 5, 2006	Attorney
Bob Litterman^[48]	unknown	Economist
	January 15, 2007	Pundit
	June 17, 2006	Economist
Donald B. Marron Jr.^[49]	November 2014	Economist
	June 24, 2006	Journalist
Jim McDermott	^[50]	2007	Politician
	January 22, 2007	Economist
Gilbert Metcalf	June 30, 2015^[51]	Economist
Warren Meyer	March 25, 2016^[52]	Engineer
	September 16, 2006	Economist
	July 3, 2012^[53]	Scientist
Adele C. Morris^[54]	unknown	Economist
	August 9, 2007	Ford C.E.O.
Chris Murphy^[55]	unknown	Politician
Elon Musk^[56]	February 3, 2015	Business Magnate
Ralph Nader^[57]	December 3, 2008	Politician
	December 9, 2007	Politician
	June 17, 2006	Economist
Grover Norquist^[58]	February 16, 2006	Founder, Americans for Tax Reform
Steven Novella	June 17, 2016^[59]	Physician, Skeptic
	October 21, 2014^[60]	Scientist
Leon Panetta^[61]	October 18, 2006	Politician
Peter Passell^[62]	April 1, 1992	Economist
Robert Pindyk^[63]	2013	Economist
Phil Plait^[64]	July 21, 2016	Scientist
Brad Plumer^[65]	unknown	Pundit
Eduardo Porter^[66]	Sept 11, 2012^[67]	Journalist
Paul Portney	May 18, 2007^[68]	Economist
	November 4, 2006	Economist/Jurist
	June 17, 2006	Journalist
Robert Reich^[69]	unknown	Economist
	September 15, 2015^[70]	Law Professor
	September 16, 2006	Economist
	November 9, 2006	Economist
	Feb 27, 2006	Scientist
	April 9, 2008	Economist
	January 17, 2007	Journalist
	June 24, 2006	Economist
	Feb 16, 2013^[71]	Politician
	February 16, 2007	Economist
Brian Schatz^[72]	November 19, 2014	Politician
	October 30, 2006	Economist
	February 20, 2007	Economist
Eliot Spitzer^[73]	July 5, 2012	Politician
Pete Stark^[74]	2007	Politician
Irwin Stelzer^[75]	unknown	Economist
	February 16, 2007	Politician
Joseph Stiglitz^[76]	unknown	Economist
	June 24, 2006	Pundit
	October 31, 2006	Economist
Alex Tabarrok^[77]	June 16, 2010	Economist
	March 23, 2015^[78]	Economist
	April 1, 2012^[79]	Economist
	June 17, 2006	Pundit
Rex Tillerson^[80]	February 9, 2009	Exxon-Mobil CEO
Ben van Beurden^[81]	October 5, 2015	Royal Dutch Shell CEO
	October 1, 2006	Economist
	February 14, 2007	Economist
Gernot Wagner^[82]	September 7, 2011	Economist
Margaret A. Walls^[83]	unknown	Economist
Charles Wheelan^[84]	unknown	Economist
	November 19, 2014	Politician
Neil Young	November 24, 2015^[85]	Musician

Supports

The Economist has expressed support for Pigouvian policies^[86] as has The Washington Post Editorial Board,^{[87] [88] [89] [90]} NPR's "Planet Money"^{[8] [91]} and The New York Times.^{[92] [93]}

References

1. Web site: Mankiw . Greg . Al Gore in the Pigou Club . June 24, 2006 .
2. Web site: Interview with Daron Acemoglu .
3. Web site: Carbon Pricing Supporters .
4. Web site: A Conservative's Approach to Combating Climate Change . The Atlantic. 30 May 2012.
5. Web site: Subsidies in the Wrong Places Skew Renewable Energy's Power. The New York Times.
6. Web site: Economist Kenneth Arrow Advocates a Carbon Tax . YouTube.
7. Web site: Democratic gubernatorial candidates discuss gas tax, carbon tax, divestment and climate change at environmental forum. 22 March 2014.
8. News: Six Policies Economists Love .
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10. Web site: Treat climate change symptoms and don't worry about the cause . USA Today.
11. Book: Tax Shift: How to Help the Economy, Improve the Environment, and Get the Tax Man off Our Backs . 9781886093072 . registration . Durning . Alan Thein . Bauman . Yoram . Gussett . Rachel . 1998 .
12. Web site: Economists call on Washington to enact carbon tax .
13. News: The Carbon Tax Miracle Cure. Wall Street Journal. 31 January 2011. Blinder. Alan S..
14. News: A Gas Tax Could Nip the Next Crisis in the Bud . The New York Times. 8 February 1991.
15. Web site: Willem Buiter weighs in, favors carbon tax .
16. Web site: How to combat global warming and prosper .
17. Web site: Should a carbon tax be border adjustable? .
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19. Web site: "I Had Weird Educational Experiences": Interview With Noam Chomsky.
20. Web site: Mankiw . Greg . Chu and Pigou . 2008-12-16 . 2010-03-02.
21. Web site: Litterman on carbon finance . 7 August 2013.
22. Web site: The Case for Charges on Greenhouse Gas Emissions .
23. News: In Low Gasoline Prices, an Opening Emerges for Higher Taxes. Wall Street Journal. 8 January 2015. Mitchell. Josh.
24. Web site: Meet Donald Trump's New Energy Adviser . Scientific American . 13 May 2016 .
25. Web site: Scientists & Economists.
26. News: The Myriad Benefits of a Carbon Tax . 28 June 2013 .
27. Web site: DiCaprio: 'We must put a price on carbon'. 21 August 2014.
28. Web site: Dolan. Ed. Postmortem on Waxman-Markey: The Politics of Cap & Trade. 28 July 2010. 7 April 2014.
29. Web site: The Tax Favored By Most Economists . 30 November 2001.
30. Web site: First Statewide Carbon Tax Is What Our Climate Moment Demands . YES! Magazine . 29 October 2016.
31. Web site: Bill Gates on R&D, a carbon tax, and China's Climate Role . 2 September 2010.
32. News: A Road Map for Environmentalism . Boston.com. Glaeser. Edward L..
33. Web site: A New Member of the Pigou Club . Greg Mankiw . 2010-03-01 . 2010-03-03.
34. Web site: UW-Madison Q&A session addresses climate change.
35. News: A climate proposal beyond cap and trade . The New York Times. 12 October 2010. Leonhardt. David.
36. Web site: Unlocking the Climate Puzzle .
37. Web site: Hansen to Obama: Support a Carbon Tax .
38. Web site: Climate, Politics and Religion – my opinion.
39. Book: The Case for a Carbon Tax . 978-1-61091-178-8. Hsu. Shi-Ling. 22 June 2012.
40. News: An Emissions Plan Conservatives Could Warm To . The New York Times . Bob . Inglis . Arthur B. . Laffer . December 28, 2008 . May 22, 2010.
41. News: Economists have a one-page solution to climate change. 7 April 2014.
42. Web site: Gary Johnson joins the Pigou Club . Greg . Mankiw.
43. Web site: 73 Questions with Michael B. Jordan. YouTube.
44. Web site: Senate Hearing 112-776.
45. Web site: Instead of a gas tax, how about a carbon tax?.
46. News: Can we stop global warming?. Boston Review.
47. Web site: How Efficient Is Energy Efficiency? .
48. Web site: What Is the Right Price for Carbon Emissions? .
49. Web site: Bigger, Cleaner, and More Efficient: A Carbon-Corporate Tax Swap .
50. Web site: Save our Climate Act of 2007 .
51. News: U.S. leaves the markets out in fight against carbon emissions . The New York Times. 30 June 2015. Porter. Eduardo.
52. Web site: As tax day approaches, one climate skeptic explains how a carbon tax could really benefit the economy..
53. News: Can We Stop Global Warming?. Boston Review.
54. News: Will the EPA Push for a Carbon Tax? . Wall Street Journal. 23 May 2014. Morris. Adele C..
55. News: In Low Gasoline Prices, an Opening Emerges for Higher Taxes . Wall Street Journal. 8 January 2015. Mitchell. Josh.
56. Web site: Elon Musk on Why We Need a Carbon Tax . 2 February 2015.
57. News: Nader . Ralph . We Need a Global Carbon Tax . December 3, 2008 . The Wall Street Journal.
58. Web site: A way to cut fuel consumption that everyone likes, except the politicians.
59. Web site: Economics, Renewables, and Climate Change. 17 June 2016.
60. Web site: Bill Nye Explains the Carbon Tax to Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice. YouTube.
61. News: Talk of raising gas tax is just that . The Washington Post.
62. News: The great search: A perfect tax . The New York Times. April 1992. Passell. Peter.
63. Web site: Pricing carbon when we don't know the right price.
64. These are the antiheroes we don't deserve. Slate. 21 July 2016. Plait. Phil.
65. Web site: Nuclear power and renewables don't have to be enemies. New York just showed how. . Vox Media . 2 August 2016.
66. News: In energy taxes, tools to help tackle climate change . The New York Times. 29 January 2013. Porter. Eduardo.
67. News: Taxes show one way to save fuel . The New York Times. 12 September 2012. Porter. Eduardo.
68. Web site: Carbon Taxes Versus Carbon Markets: What's the Best Way to Limit Emissions?.
69. Robert Reich on the Importance of Putting a Price On Carbon .
70. News: Let's Cut All Energy Subsidies and Start Taxing Pollution. Wall Street Journal. 15 September 2015.
71. Web site: The best solution on climate change requires congress to act. TheGuardian.com. 16 February 2013.
72. Web site: Sens. Whitehouse and Schatz introduce carbon fee legislation .
73. News: Eliot . Spitzer . Eliot Spitzer endorses a tax on carbon emissions as a way to 'heat up the climate debate' . July 5, 2012 . Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer.
74. Web site: Save our Climate Act of 2007 .
75. Web site: Erwin Stelzer on Conservatism and the New Capitalism . https://web.archive.org/web/20110417164507/http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/irwin-stelzer-conservatism-and-new-capitalism. dead. April 17, 2011.
76. Web site: Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz Calls for "Greening" of Globalization .
77. Web site: How much will BP pay? . 16 June 2010.
78. Web site: The Conservative Case for a Carbon Tax . 2015-05-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170219224611/http://niskanencenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/The-Conservative-Case-for-a-Carbon-Tax1.pdf . 2017-02-19 . dead .
79. Web site: Scientists and Economists .
80. News: Exxon CEO advocates emissions tax . Wall Street Journal. 9 January 2009.
81. News: Royal Dutch Shell CEO to Call for Effective System for Pricing Carbon. Wall Street Journal. 6 October 2015. Kent. Sarah.
82. News: Going Green Getting Nowhere . The New York Times. 8 September 2011. Wagner. Gernot.
83. News: Why now is the right time for a carbon tax . Wall Street Journal. 2 April 2015.
84. Web site: The Irrefutable Logic of a Carbon Tax .
85. Web site: Rocker Neil Young supports Alberta's carbon tax, pleased by Liberal government.
86. News: Climate Change: The Greening of America . The Economist . London . The Economist Newspaper Limited 2009 . 2007-01-25 . 2009-09-26 . ...the only two clean and efficient solutions to climate change. One is a carbon tax, which this paper has long advocated,.
87. Web site: Clean Energy Should Do Without Special Tax Breaks. Editorial Board.
88. News: A Sweltering Planet's Agenda. Washington Post.
89. News: The Carbon Tax. The Washington Post.
90. News: Carbon tax is best option congress has . The Washington Post.
91. Web site: Economists have a one page solution to solve global warming . NPR.
92. News: The Case for a Carbon Tax . The New York Times. 6 June 2015.
93. News: Raise the Gasoline Tax? Funny, It Doesn't Sound Republican . The New York Times . 8 October 2006 . Gross . Daniel .

External links

• The Pigou Club Manifesto (Greg Mankiw's Blog)
• Smart Taxes: An Open Invitation to Join the Pigou Club
• Rogoff joins the Pigou Club (Greg Mankiw's Blog)
• Raise the Gasoline Tax? Funny, It Doesn’t Sound Republican (New York Times)
• Talk of Raising Gas Tax Is Just That (Washington Post)
• The Nopigou Club (National Post)
• How Many Taxes Will it Take? (National Post)