Michael A. Livermore 
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- Name: Michael A. Livermore
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Michael A. Livermore is the executive director of the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law. He is the author, with Richard L. Revesz, of Retaking Rationality: How Cost-Benefit Analysis Can Better Protect the Environmental and Our Health.
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Make the kids pay: The economic effects of climate change on future generations 0
Posted 3 days, 11 hours agoThe debate over the economics of climate change boils down to that very calculation: how much are we willing to pay today to avoid climate risks in the future? The simple fact is that as we continue to use fuels that contribute to global warming today, we place major economic burdens on our kids and grandkids tomorrow.When will we stop paying the hidden fossil fuel tax? 1
Posted 3 weeks, 1 day agoLast week, the nation suffered from major sticker shock when we learned that our use of fossil fuels comes with a hidden price tag of $120 billion per year.Methane leakage runs up a $50 billion bill 6
Posted 1 month agoMethane is a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide, so when it's leaking by the ton, it's a $50 billion problem.Garbage in, garbage out
Economics of climate legislation deserve honest accounting 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks agoThe debate over the Kerry-Boxer bill has picked up where Waxman-Markey left off: the economics of climate legislation.The other half of cost-benefit
Counting the benefits of climate legislation 4
Posted 2 months, 1 week agoWhile reducing greenhouse gases will have costs, so will the results of climate change. That may seem obvious, but up until now the debate over climate legislation has only focused on the costs, without looking at the benefits.