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“I am worried about climate change. In one respect, I may be more worried than other people. I am worried because I have very little confidence that we know what is causing it....One of my fears is that we could reduce carbon emissions by some drastic amount, only to discover that-oops-it turns out that climate change is being caused by something else.”

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Arnold Kling is an American economist known for his insightful views on technological change and macroeconomic policy. He has worked at the Federal Reserve Bank and Bell Labs, and served as a professor of economics at George Mason University. more

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