Yet Another Climate Activist Masquerading as an Economist
21st June 2026
To tell the truth. it doesn’t take much to cosplay an economst; just look at Pual Krugman, the Man Who Is Always Wrong.
She dismisses the counterarguments — that Net Zero is unaffordable, that the UK cannot act alone, that transition costs will raise the cost of living — as “bad arguments” and dispenses with each in a few sentences, without engaging with the substantial body of academic work that supports them. The audience at Westminster Central Hall was not in a position to push back. Parliament, the media and the public should be. The UK has no shortage of genuine economic expertise. It is past time to insist that it be brought to bear.