When All Else Is Out of Bounds, Zap Labor
From Nixon’s wage controls to today’s interest rate hikes, the fight against inflation has targeted labor.
For working Americans, energy security means being able to afford to drive to work, heat a home, and keep the lights on.
Climate superfunds are a sensible way to put some of the costs back where they belong, but we’ll get them only if the public demands them.
The stated rationale for jettisoning environmental protections is that they are inefficient and have “suffocated” the economy. But economic benefits must be weighed against costs, including impacts on human health.