Comments on: Economist says climate science deserves praise http://hot-topic.co.nz/economist-says-climate-science-deserves-praise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=economist-says-climate-science-deserves-praise Global warming and the future of New Zealand Tue, 22 May 2012 17:06:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Bryan Walker http://hot-topic.co.nz/economist-says-climate-science-deserves-praise/#comment-10728 Bryan Walker Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:45:44 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/?p=4148#comment-10728 Yes, Sachs has often been criticised for his advice to governments during those years. I haven't been able to work out whether there is a disconnect in his position in the years since or whether it's simply a matter of advocating different measures for different times. He's certainly highly critical of unrestrained free market ideology these days. In his book Common Wealth he speaks of the necessity for an activist philosophy of the role of government "which holds that the self-organizing forces of a market economy should be guided by overarching principles of social justice and environmental stewardship" and wants to see it extended robustly to global society. Yes, Sachs has often been criticised for his advice to governments during those years. I haven’t been able to work out whether there is a disconnect in his position in the years since or whether it’s simply a matter of advocating different measures for different times. He’s certainly highly critical of unrestrained free market ideology these days. In his book Common Wealth he speaks of the necessity for an activist philosophy of the role of government “which holds that the self-organizing forces of a market economy should be guided by overarching principles of social justice and environmental stewardship” and wants to see it extended robustly to global society.

]]> By: StephenR http://hot-topic.co.nz/economist-says-climate-science-deserves-praise/#comment-10725 StephenR Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:54:48 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/?p=4148#comment-10725 <i>Sachs is a prominent economist. He was once involved in advising governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.</i> In a very free-markety kinda way, incidentally. Sachs is a prominent economist. He was once involved in advising governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

In a very free-markety kinda way, incidentally.

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