Strypey<p>"I see glimmers of hope. For example, an economy-wide carbon price, long recognised by economists as the lowest cost way of achieving net zero, is appearing in many conversations."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/NickiHutley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NickiHutley</span></a>, economist, 2025</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/17/protecting-the-environment-has-always-made-economic-sense-now-we-have-proof" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/jul/17/protecting-the-environment-has-always-made-economic-sense-now-we-have-proof</span></a></p><p>Many years ago, some political economists wrote about feeding the revenue from a carbon price into a pool that funds a UBI. So everyone's purchases are subsidised, but carbon-intensive stuff gets more expensive. Clever.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/NetZero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetZero</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/PolicyNZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PolicyNZ</span></a></p>