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10 December 2008

YESTERDAY we linked to bad news for those hoping to preserve the environment in the face of a withering economy. Luckily, not everyone believes that the two crises are in opposition. Ralf Martin argues that lessons from the economic crisis can illuminate the world's handling of the environment:

This article appeared in the Economist online on December 10, 2008
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Related Publications
‘CEP carbon offsetting survey’ on CEP blog page. Details
‘Modern Management: Good for the Environment or Just Hot Air?’, by Nick Bloom, Christos Genakos, Ralf Martin and Raffaella Sadun, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No 891, October 2008
Technologies to Tackle Global Warming by Ralf Martin, article in CentrePiece, Volume 11 Issue 3 Winter 2006
Climate Change: Economic Sense and Non-sense of Carbon Mitigation Policies, Centre for Economic Performance Policy Analysis published in February 2006

Related links
Ralf Martin webpage
Productivity and Innovation Programme webpage