The Pigou Club is described by its creator, economist Gregory Mankiw, as a “group of economists and pundits with the good sense to have publicly advocated higher Pigovian taxes, such as gasoline taxes or carbon taxes."[1] A Pigovian tax (also spelled Pigouvian tax, named after economist Arthur Cecil Pigou) is a tax levied to correct the negative externalities (negative side-effects) of a market activity. These ideas are also known as an ecotaxes or green tax shifts.[citation needed]
Members | Date of induction | Description |
---|---|---|
Daron Acemoglu[2] | Sept 2011 | Economist |
Frank Ackerman | November 29, 2015[3] | Economist |
Jonathan Adler[4] | May 30, 2012 | Law Professor |
Joseph Aldy | May 3, 2016[5] | Policy Professor |
Anne Applebaum | February 6, 2007 | Pundit |
Kenneth Arrow | March 28, 2014[6] | Economist |
Joseph Avellone | March 20, 2014[7] | Politician |
Katherine Baiker[8] | July 19, 2012 | Economist |
Dean Baker[8] | July 19, 2012 | Economist |
William Baldwin | June 24, 2006 | Journalist |
Jim Barrett | April 1, 2000[9] | Economist |
Bruce Bartlett[10] | May 15, 2017 | Historian of Economics |
Yoram Bauman[11] | April 1998 | Economist |
Gary Becker | June 17, 2006 | Economist |
Antonio Bento[12] | March 5, 2013 | Economist |
Don Berwick | March 20, 2014[7] | Administrator |
Jack Black[13] | August 24, 2016 | Actor |
Alan Blinder[14] | January 31, 2011 | Economist |
Michael Bloomberg | November 2, 2007 | Politician |
Erik Brynjolfsson[15] | February 8, 1991 | Economist |
Jay Buckey | January 16, 2008 | Pundit |
Willem Buiter[16] | June 12, 2008 | Economist |
Steve Chapman | July 4, 2013[17] | Pundit |
Judith Chevalier[18] | December 2007 | Economist |
Noam Chomsky[19] | May 21, 2013[20] | Philosopher |
Steven Chu[21] | Dec 16, 2008 | Scientist |
John H. Cochrane | August 7, 2013[22] | Economist |
Richard N. Cooper | October 2008[23] | Economist |
Bob Corker[24] | unknown | Politician |
Tyler Cowen | September 8, 2009 | Economist |
Kevin Cramer[25] | unknown | Political Advisor |
Clive Crook | June 24, 2006 | Pundit |
Herman Daly[26] | August 14, 2007 | Economist |
Laura D'Andrea Tyson[27] | unknown | Economist |
Leonardo DiCaprio | August 21, 2014[28] | Actor |
Christopher Dodd | April 25, 2007 | Politician |
Ed Dolan | July 28, 2010[29] | Economist |
Gregg Easterbrook | June 17, 2006 | Pundit |
Christopher Farrell | June 24, 2006 | Composer |
Peter Shaffer | March 18, 2002 | Economist |
Robert H. Frank | June 17, 2006 | Economist |
Bill Frenzel | February 16, 2007 | Politician |
Thomas Friedman | June 17, 2006 | Pundit |
David Frum | November 9, 2006 | Pundit |
Jason Furman | February 2, 2007 | Economist |
William Gale[30] | unknown | Economist |
Richard H Gammon[31] | October 2016 | Scientist |
Bill Gates[32] | September 2, 2010 | Business Magnate |
Ted Gayer | June 27, 2006 | Economist |
Edward Glaeser[33] | May 21, 2007 | Economist |
Al Gore | June 24, 2006 | Politician |
Lindsey Graham | March 1, 2010[34] | Politician |
Corbett Grainger[35] | February 26, 2016 | Economist |
Alan Greenspan | October 2, 2006 | Economist |
Michael Greenstone[36] | October 12, 2010 | Economist |
Steven C. Hackett | August 22, 2008 | Economist |
Ted Halstead[37] | July 26, 2016 | Author / Nonprofit CEO |
James Hansen[38] | unknown | Scientist |
Tim Harford | December 8, 2006 | Economist |
Kevin Hassett | January 29, 2007 | Economist |
Katharine Hayhoe[39] | June 5, 2015 | Scientist |
Shi-Ling Hsu[40] | unknown | Economist/Law Professor |
Bob Inglis | December 27, 2008[41] | Politician |
Henry Jacoby | June 28, 2013[42] | Economist |
Gary Johnson[43] | August 1, 2016 | Politician |
Michael B. Jordan[44] | November 28, 2017 | Actor |
Dale Jorgenson[45] | June 12, 2012 | Economist |
Juliette Kayyem | March 20, 2014[7] | Law Professor, Homeland Security Expert |
Charles Komanoff | March 6, 1989[46] | Economist |
Joe Klein | June 17, 2006 | Pundit |
Mort Kondracke | June 23, 2007 | Pundit |
Charles Krauthammer | January 26, 2007 | Pundit |
Paul Krugman | June 24, 2006 | Economist |
Anthony Lake | October 30, 2006 | Politician |
Arthur Laffer | December 27, 2008[41] | Economist |
John Larson | August 9, 2007 | Politician |
Judith Layzer | July 3, 2012[47] | Political Scientist |
David Leonhardt | February 21, 2007 | Pundit |
Arik Levinson[48] | unknown | Economist |
Steven Levitt | June 18, 2006 | Economist |
Brink Lindsey | December 5, 2006 | Attorney |
Bob Litterman[49] | unknown | Economist |
Ray Magliozzi | January 15, 2007 | Pundit |
N. Gregory Mankiw | June 17, 2006 | Economist |
Donald B. Marron Jr.[50] | November 2014 | Economist |
Megan McArdle | June 24, 2006 | Journalist |
Jim McDermott|[51] | 2007 | Politician |
Daniel McFadden | January 22, 2007 | Economist |
Gilbert Metcalf | June 30, 2015[52] | Economist |
Warren Meyer | March 25, 2016[53] | Engineer |
Mike Moffatt | September 16, 2006 | Economist |
William Moomaw | July 3, 2012[54] | Scientist |
Adele C. Morris[55] | unknown | Economist |
Alan Mulally | August 9, 2007 | Ford C.E.O. |
Chris Murphy[56] | unknown | Politician |
Elon Musk[57] | February 3, 2015 | Business Magnate |
Ralph Nader[58] | December 3, 2008 | Politician |
Gavin Newsom | December 9, 2007 | Politician |
William Nordhaus | June 17, 2006 | Economist |
Grover Norquist[59] | February 16, 2006 | Founder, Americans for Tax Reform |
Steven Novella | June 17, 2016[60] | Physician, Skeptic |
Bill Nye | October 21, 2014[61] | Scientist |
Leon Panetta[62] | October 18, 2006 | Politician |
Peter Passell[63] | April 1, 1992 | Economist |
Robert Pindyk[64] | 2013 | Economist |
Phil Plait[65] | July 21, 2016 | Scientist |
Brad Plumer[66] | unknown | Pundit |
Eduardo Porter[67] | Sept 11, 2012[68] | Journalist |
Paul Portney | May 18, 2007[69] | Economist |
Richard Posner | November 4, 2006 | Economist/Jurist |
Jonathan Rauch | June 17, 2006 | Journalist |
Robert Reich[70] | unknown | Economist |
Richard Revesz | September 15, 2015[71] | Law Professor |
Kenneth Rogoff | September 16, 2006 | Economist |
Nouriel Roubini | November 9, 2006 | Economist |
Steven Running | Feb 27, 2006[26] | Scientist |
Jeffrey Sachs | April 9, 2008 | Economist |
Robert J. Samuelson | January 17, 2007 | Journalist |
Andrew Samwick | June 24, 2006 | Economist |
Bernie Sanders | Feb 16, 2013[72] | Politician |
Isabel Sawhill | February 16, 2007 | Economist |
Brian Schatz[73] | November 19, 2014 | Politician |
George Shultz | October 30, 2006 | Economist |
Robert J. Shapiro | February 20, 2007 | Economist |
Eliot Spitzer[74] | July 5, 2012 | Politician |
Pete Stark[75] | 2007 | Politician |
Irwin Stelzer[76] | unknown | Economist |
Charles Stenholm | February 16, 2007 | Politician |
Joseph Stiglitz[77] | unknown | Economist |
Andrew Sullivan | June 24, 2006 | Pundit |
Lawrence Summers | October 31, 2006 | Economist |
Alex Tabarrok[78] | June 16, 2010 | Economist |
Jerry Taylor | March 23, 2015[79] | Economist |
Richard Thaler | April 1, 2012[80] | Economist |
John Tierney | June 17, 2006 | Pundit |
Rex Tillerson[81] | February 9, 2009 | Exxon-Mobil CEO |
Ben van Beurden[82] | October 5, 2015 | Royal Dutch Shell CEO |
Hal Varian | October 1, 2006 | Economist |
Paul Volcker | February 14, 2007 | Economist |
Gernot Wagner[83] | September 7, 2011 | Economist |
Margaret A. Walls[84] | unknown | Economist |
Charles Wheelan[85] | unknown | Economist |
Sheldon Whitehouse[73] | November 19, 2014 | Politician |
Neil Young | November 24, 2015[86] | Musician |
The Economist has expressed support for Pigouvian policies[87] as has The Washington Post Editorial Board,[88][89][90][91] NPR's "Planet Money"[8][92] and The New York Times.[93][94]