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New York Times and Stiglitz claim UN finds cost of unmitigated climate change much higher than what I say

False.

The world's only Nobel climate economist and I say 3.6%. UN says 2.6%. Even lower. Oops

One of many #FalseClaimsToPreserveAlarmism

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Here is the description of the stunningly long list of false and deceptive claims from New York Times

Of its 12 central, critical claims, 12 are false

Deplorable fact-checking

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New York Times and Stiglitz claim there is no tradeoff between spending trillions on climate and fixing all the world’s other challenges

False.

You can’t spend resources twice. Not rocket science

One of many #FalseClaimsToPreserveAlarmism

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Here is the description of the stunningly long list of false and deceptive claims from New York Times

Of its 12 central, critical claims, 12 are false

Deplorable fact-checking

#FalseClaimsToPreserveAlarmism
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New York Times and Stiglitz claim I forget to mention that Wall Street could be underwater in 2100
False.

I don’t say it, because it would be incorrect

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Here is the description of the stunningly long list of false and deceptive claims from New York Times

Of its 12 central, critical claims, 12 are false

Deplorable fact-checking

#FalseClaimsToPreserveAlarmism
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New York Times and Stiglitz claim I am missing good regulations in my list of solutions.

False.

He basically forgot to read the *entire* third part of my book

One of many #FalseClaimsToPreserveAlarmism

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Here is the description of the stunningly long list of false and deceptive claims from New York Times

Of its 12 central, critical claims, 12 are false

Deplorable fact-checking

#FalseClaimsToPreserveAlarmism
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New York Times and Stiglitz claim that Nobel Laureate Nordhaus and I use too high discount rates

False.

Don’t use 7%. Use empirically calibrated discount rate

One of many #FalseClaimsToPreserveAlarmism

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Here is the description of the stunningly long list of false and deceptive claims from New York Times

Of its 12 central, critical claims, 12 are false

Deplorable fact-checking

#FalseClaimsToPreserveAlarmism
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New York Times and Stiglitz claim best estimates of costs of climate keep going up

False.

Biggest study actually finds social cost of carbon *decline* over time

One of many #FalseClaimsToPreserveAlarmism
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Here is the description of the stunningly long list of false and deceptive claims from New York Times

Of its 12 central, critical claims, 12 are false

Deplorable fact-checking

#FalseClaimsToPreserveAlarmism
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New York Times and Stiglitz claim Nobel laureate Nordhaus and I don’t take due account of risk.

False.

Explicitly, with omitted areas of damages, of catastrophic risk and of uncertainty

One of many #FalseClaimsToPreserveAlarmism
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Here is the description of the stunningly long list of false and deceptive claims from New York Times

Of its 12 central, critical claims, 12 are false

Deplorable fact-checking

#FalseClaimsToPreserveAlarmism
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New York Times and Stiglitz claim climate damages accelerating as seen from 2017 1.5% GDP cost for US

False.

Cherry-picked, and from *declining* 30-year cost

One of many #FalseClaimsToPreserveAlarmism
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Here is the description of the stunningly long list of false and deceptive claims from New York Times

Of its 12 central, critical claims, 12 are false

Deplorable fact-checking

#FalseClaimsToPreserveAlarmism
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New York Times and Stiglitz claim climate damages underestimated

False:

Carefully calibrated from all peer-reviewed data, based on UN Climate Panel, by Nordhaus, world’s only climate Nobel economist

One of many #FalseClaimsToPreserveAlarmism

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Here is the description of the stunningly long list of false and deceptive claims from New York Times

Of its 12 central, critical claims, 12 are false

Deplorable fact-checking

#FalseClaimsToPreserveAlarmism

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New York Times and Stiglitz claim report show “moderate” economic cost of ambitious climate target

False. No such estimate in report

(Ironically, just like there is no Nordhaus economic cost estimate.)

One of many #FalseClaimsToPreserveAlarmism

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Or see how they belittle: Nordhaus didn’t just “come up with” or “seems to think”

It is Nobel Prize awarded climate economic research

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New York Times and Stiglitz claim I rely on enormous cost estimate of ambitious climate target

False. Estimate doesn’t exist bc not possible.

According to Nordhaus: “A limit of 2°C appears to be infeasible”

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Here is the description of the stunningly long list of false and deceptive claims from New York Times review of my book

Of its 12 central, critical claims, 12 are false

Deplorable fact-checking

#FalseClaimsToPreserveAlarmism

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New York Times & Stiglitz don't want to see their alarmism debunked:

Don’t read his book with the economic evidence! It is ”dangerous”

Don't look at the data! It is "mind-pollution”

Well, fortunately, you can read for yourself:
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