In this forum, we have been discussing the serious problems with a carbon tax for years. For example, here is my study showing the weakness in the standard academic case for a carbon tax, and here is my study showing that the calls for a "revenue-neutral carbon tax swap deal" are very misguided. The Heritage Foundation has just released its own analysis, by David Kreutzer and Nicolas Loris, showing the negative impacts of a carbon tax, which should help the public keep perspective in this debate. Heritage details three main problems, which I'll summarize in this post.
