Category: Society
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Cost Effectiveness of Climate Change
Originally posted on the effective altruism forum, and there’s some good discussion in the comments there. (Epistemic status: Low confidence in end result. I’m not an expert, and I am likely to be overlooking something important. The methodology is informative and there are good links. I’ve tried to point out sources of numerical uncertainty.) How…
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Universal Basic Income as Tax Break
[Epistemic status: not sure this would work] The single largest complaint about the idea of a Universal Basic Income is that would cost a ton of money. This is sort of an inescapable fact. On the other hand, Republicans often lower taxes without worrying too much about the costs. Their starve the beast strategy sort…