Current：Home > MarketsThe carbon coin: A novel idea -DollarDynamic
The carbon coin: A novel idea
View
Date：2025-04-16 06:27:51
Kim Stanley Robinson's 2020 sci-fi novel The Ministry for the Future imagines a not-too-distant world where central banks worldwide come together to create a carbon coin, a monetary-policy-based solution to the climate crisis. The idea has been sparking real word debate in policy circles. What can a novel teach us about the role of central banks in addressing the climate crisis?
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: Twitter / Facebook / Newsletter.
Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, PocketCasts and NPR One.
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
veryGood！ (3)
Related
- Intel's stock did something it hasn't done since 2022
- Lamar Johnson: I am a freed man, an exonerated man and a blessed man
- Book excerpt: One Way Back by Christine Blasey Ford
- Idaho considers a ban on using public funds or facilities for gender-affirming care
- The Super Bowl could end in a 'three
- Undeterred: Kansas Citians turn for St. Patrick’s Day parade, month after violence at Chiefs’ rally
- Luck of Irish not needed to save some green on St. Patrick's Day food and drink deals
- Secret Service, Justice Dept locate person of interest in swatting attacks on DHS Secretary Mayorkas and other officials
- Rolling Loud 2024: Lineup, how to stream the world's largest hip hop music festival
- Shakira put her music career 'on hold' for Gerard Piqué: 'A lot of sacrifice for love'
Ranking
- Toyota to invest $922 million to build a new paint facility at its Kentucky complex
- NCAA Tournament bubble watch: Conference tournaments altering March Madness field of 68
- Several Black museums have opened in recent years with more coming soon. Here's a list.
- Illinois primary features competitive congressional races in the Chicago area
- Selena Gomez engaged to Benny Blanco after 1 year together: 'Forever begins now'
- Book excerpt: James by Percival Everett
- Yale stuns Brown at buzzer to win Ivy League, earn automatic bid to NCAA Tournament
- Al Gore talks 'Climate Reality,' regrets and hopes for the grandkids.
Recommendation
Backstage at New York's Jingle Ball with Jimmy Fallon, 'Queer Eye' and Meghan Trainor
Manhunt on for suspect wanted in fatal shooting of New Mexico State Police officer
Stock market today: Asian stocks gain ahead of US and Japan rate decisions
Denver police investigate double homicide at homeless shelter
Selena Gomez engaged to Benny Blanco after 1 year together: 'Forever begins now'
How Texas’ plans to arrest migrants for illegal entry would work if allowed to take effect
Winners and losers from NCAA men's tournament bracket include North Carolina, Illinois
NBA star Stephen Curry discusses how his new children's book inspires confidence: Find the courage