Why are we not at zero carbon emissions already?

In the west we live in a world of bold ideas. One dominating idea is that firms can take care of most things. When there is poor societal performance – high unemployment for example – this is seen as a failure of the market and politicians rush to do something about it.

This powerpoint presentation explains a bit about how market based instruments – a favourite tool of left and right politicians for “nudging” markets to do the right thing – can be applied to the circular economy.

[Link to download the presentation.]