William Nordhaus thinks population decline is a good thing and resources are constrained. That’s why he is such a mediocre pen-pusher.

William Nordhaus is a big name now in economics, with a Nobel under his belt. But I have strong differences of opinion with him. I consider him a mediocre pen-pusher. I fundamentally object to his recommendation for a carbon tax (SCC) without proof of harm. Julian Simon considered Nordhaus’s methodological advances might have added something […]