http://www.jakobrutqvist.net I'm an economist and entrepreneur concentrating on political economics and sustainable development. Here I write about what I do and things I find interesting. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:31:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This morning I was interviewed by TV4 about the op-ed in Dagens Nyheter (see below). The clip can be viewed here: . http://www.jakobrutqvist.net/?p=1082 Today I and Martin Ådahl publishes an on-ed in prominent Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter. The article discusses tax shifting, fiscal vs. corrective taxes and how governments can sensibly use the billions in new income that will soon start to flow in from the auctioning of emission permits in the European ... http://www.jakobrutqvist.net/?p=1076 An amazing new business model from the company SolarCity, the SolarLease, enables homeowners to get a state of the art solar energy system installed for $0 down payment. As a customer you rent the solar power system and only pay a monthly fee. The best thing? SolarCity help their customers save ... http://www.jakobrutqvist.net/?p=1074 Yet another review of the quality of top climate change science institutions have been released in the wake of the Climategate "scandal" with the InterAcademy Council review of the IPCC. As expected, the review suggests important improvements to the process (this was a review of the process and not the ... http://www.jakobrutqvist.net/?p=1069 As an economist I know how much incentives matter and that a thorough analysis of incentives is paramount for understanding why and how people will react in different situations. Perhaps this innovative idea by the "Angry Green Girl" is something to consider for governments trying to stimulate the market for ... http://www.jakobrutqvist.net/?p=1071 Just found a great and thought provoking article in Foreign Policy about the true cost of oil. Read it here. ... An innovative approach comes from Roger Stern, an economic geographer at Princeton University who in April published a peer-reviewed study on the cost of keeping aircraft carriers in the Persian ... http://www.jakobrutqvist.net/?p=1064 Fascinating TED talk by Sam Harris on the issue of science and morality. Conventional wisdom tells us that science is good at answering "how" questions, but that it isn't of much help in answering complicated "why" questions. If a society wants to build a bride, science is good at answering ... http://www.jakobrutqvist.net/?p=1062 The Chinese clean energy juggernaut has not lost pace recently in contrast to the two other large markets for new energy asset financing. Who will win the race to spur the Google's of the cleantech era?: Source http://www.jakobrutqvist.net/?p=1059 [caption id="" align="alignright" width="210" caption="ELF"][/caption] On June 20 I'm speaking at an event in London organized by the European Liberal Forum. I'll present alongside some very prominent speakers, as a matter of fact I'm replacing the UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Rt Hon Chris Huhne) who had ... http://www.jakobrutqvist.net/?p=1057 At the 2010 edition of the prime political event in Sweden-Almedalsveckan-no less than 1396 events are registered during the debate-packed week. The top five topics this election year is: Health and welfare (180 events) Climate/environment (159) Jobs/Unemployment (156) International issues (144) Enterprise/Business (135) I'm taking the ferry to Gotland tonight and will arrive Monday morning. FORES ... http://www.jakobrutqvist.net/?p=1054