Stunning stupidity by senior economists: They hope Americans will be galvanized into climate hoax action by the "threat" that China will develop bad-weather-prevention technology quicker than we do

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Four changes to trade rules to facilitate climate change action | vox

One development may galvanise action in the US: the threat that green-technology leadership will be captured by China. In other words, the US needs a Sputnik moment of collective alarm at the loss of US economic and technological ascendancy.

Research - Author Profile

AADITYA MATTOO is Research Manager, Trade and Integration, at the World Bank.

Biography: Arvind Subramanian

Arvind Subramanian is senior fellow jointly at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and the Center for Global Development.