For more than a year, Greg Mankiw has formally/strongly advocated for Carbon Taxes. Mankiw also keeps tabs on who else supports such. Lately he adds, by reference, several billion new members to his Pigou Club:
Several Billion Join the Pigou Club, Greg Mankiw, Nov 5: The BBC World Service [PDF] reports that a majority of people in most countries favor higher energy taxes if the tax revenue is either rebated by lowering other taxes or used to finance energy-related government programs….Another Member, Greg Mankiw, Nov 2: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg joins the Pigou Club.
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