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 Pigouvian taxes" A Pigouvian tax 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.
People Members Date of induction DescriptionDaron Acemoglu Sept 2011 EconomistFrank Ackerman November 29, 2015 EconomistJonathan H. Adler May 30, 2012 Law professor Joseph Aldy May 3, 2016 Policy professorAnne Applebaum February 6, 2007PunditKenneth Arrow March 28, 2014 EconomistJoseph Avellone March 20, 2014 PoliticianKatherine Baicker July 19, 2012 EconomistDean Baker July 19, 2012 EconomistWilliam Baldwin June 24, 2006JournalistJim Barrett April 1, 2000 EconomistBruce Bartlett May 15, 2017 Historian of EconomicsYoram Bauman April 1998 EconomistGary Becker June 17, 2006 EconomistAntonio Bento March 5, 2013 EconomistDon Berwick March 20, 2014 AdministratorJack Black August 24, 2016 ActorAlan Blinder January 31, 2011 EconomistMichael Bloomberg November 2, 2007 PoliticianErik Brynjolfsson February 8, 1991 EconomistJay Buckey January 16, 2008PunditWillem Buiter June 12, 2008 EconomistSteve Chapman July 4, 2013 PunditJudith Chevalier December 2007 EconomistNoam Chomsky May 21, 2013 PhilosopherSteven Chu Dec 16, 2008 ScientistJohn H. Cochrane August 7, 2013 EconomistRichard N. Cooper October 2008 EconomistBob Corker unknown PoliticianTyler Cowen September 8, 2009EconomistKevin Cramer unknown Political advisorClive Crook June 24, 2006PunditHerman Daly August 14, 2007 EconomistLaura D'Andrea Tyson unknown EconomistLeonardo DiCaprio August 21, 2014 ActorChristopher Dodd April 25, 2007PoliticianEd Dolan July 28, 2010 EconomistGregg Easterbrook June 17, 2006PunditChristopher Farrell June 24, 2006ComposerPeter Shaffer March 18, 2002 PlaywrightRobert H. Frank June 17, 2006EconomistBill Frenzel February 16, 2007PoliticianThomas Friedman June 17, 2006 PunditDavid Frum November 9, 2006PunditJason Furman February 2, 2007EconomistWilliam Gale unknown EconomistRichard H Gammon October 2016 ScientistBill Gates September 2, 2010 Business magnateTed Gayer June 27, 2006EconomistEdward Glaeser May 21, 2007 EconomistAl Gore June 24, 2006 PoliticianLindsey Graham March 1, 2010 PoliticianCorbett Grainger February 26, 2016 EconomistAlan Greenspan October 2, 2006 EconomistMichael Greenstone October 12, 2010 EconomistSteven C. Hackett August 22, 2008EconomistTed Halstead July 26, 2016 Author / Nonprofit CEOJames Hansen unknown ScientistTim Harford December 8, 2006 EconomistKevin Hassett January 29, 2007EconomistKatharine Hayhoe June 5, 2015 ScientistShi-Ling Hsu unknown Economist/Law professorBob Inglis December 27, 2008PoliticianHenry Jacoby June 28, 2013 EconomistGary Johnson August 1, 2016 PoliticianMichael B. Jordan November 28, 2017 ActorDale Jorgenson June 12, 2012 EconomistJuliette Kayyem March 20, 2014 Law professor, homeland security expertCharles Komanoff March 6, 1989 EconomistJoe Klein June 17, 2006 PunditMorton Kondracke June 23, 2007PunditCharles Krauthammer January 26, 2007PunditPaul Krugman June 24, 2006EconomistAnthony Lake October 30, 2006PoliticianArthur Laffer December 27, 2008 EconomistJohn Larson August 9, 2007PoliticianJudith Layzer July 3, 2012 Political scientistDavid Leonhardt February 21, 2007PunditArik Levinson unknown EconomistSteven Levitt June 18, 2006EconomistBrink Lindsey December 5, 2006 AttorneyBob Litterman unknown EconomistRay Magliozzi January 15, 2007 PunditN. Gregory Mankiw June 17, 2006EconomistDonald B. Marron Jr. November 2014 EconomistMegan McArdle June 24, 2006 Journalist 2007 PoliticianDaniel McFadden January 22, 2007 EconomistGilbert Metcalf June 30, 2015 EconomistWarren Meyer March 25, 2016 EngineerMike Moffatt September 16, 2006 EconomistWilliam Moomaw July 3, 2012 ScientistAdele C. Morris unknown EconomistAlan Mulally August 9, 2007 Ford CEOChris Murphy unknown PoliticianElon Musk February 3, 2015 Business magnateRalph Nader December 3, 2008 PoliticianGavin Newsom December 9, 2007 PoliticianWilliam Nordhaus June 17, 2006EconomistGrover Norquist February 16, 2006 Founder, Americans for Tax ReformSteven Novella June 17, 2016 Physician, skepticBill Nye October 21, 2014 ScientistLeon Panetta October 18, 2006 PoliticianPeter Passell April 1, 1992 EconomistRobert Pindyck 2013 EconomistPhil Plait July 21, 2016 ScientistBrad Plumer unknown PunditEduardo Porter September 11, 2012 JournalistPaul Portney May 18, 2007 EconomistRichard Posner November 4, 2006JuristJonathan Rauch June 17, 2006 JournalistRobert Reich unknown EconomistRichard Revesz September 15, 2015 Law professorKenneth Rogoff September 16, 2006EconomistNouriel Roubini November 9, 2006EconomistSteven Running Feb 27, 2006 ScientistJeffrey Sachs April 9, 2008EconomistRobert J. Samuelson January 17, 2007JournalistAndrew Samwick June 24, 2006 EconomistBernie Sanders Feb 16, 2013 PoliticianIsabel Sawhill February 16, 2007 EconomistBrian Schatz November 19, 2014 PoliticianGeorge Shultz October 30, 2006EconomistRobert J. Shapiro February 20, 2007 EconomistEliot Spitzer July 5, 2012 PoliticianPete Stark 2007 PoliticianIrwin Stelzer unknown EconomistCharles Stenholm February 16, 2007 PoliticianJoseph Stiglitz unknown EconomistAndrew Sullivan June 24, 2006PunditLawrence Summers October 31, 2006 EconomistAlex Tabarrok June 16, 2010 EconomistJerry Taylor March 23, 2015 EconomistRichard Thaler April 1, 2012 EconomistJohn Tierney June 17, 2006 PunditRex Tillerson February 9, 2009 Exxon-Mobil CEOBen van Beurden October 5, 2015 Royal Dutch Shell CEOHal Varian October 1, 2006EconomistPaul Volcker February 14, 2007EconomistGernot Wagner September 7, 2011 EconomistMargaret A. Walls unknown EconomistCharles Wheelan unknown EconomistSheldon Whitehouse November 19, 2014 PoliticianNeil Young November 24, 2015 Musician
Organizations
The Economist has expressed support for Pigouvian policies as has The Washington Post Editorial Board, NPR's "Planet Money" and The New York Times.
References
External links The Pigou Club Manifesto (Greg Mankiw's Blog) Smart Taxes: An Open Invitation to Join the Pigou Club Rogoff joins the Pigou Club (Greg Mankiw's Blog) Raise the Gasoline Tax? Funny, It Doesn’t Sound Republican (New York Times) Talk of Raising Gas Tax Is Just That (Washington Post) The Nopigou Club (National Post) How Many Taxes Will it Take? (National Post)