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CC Finance to Combat CC Global Warming ! Ganga Prasad G. Rao Energy, Environmental and Mineral Economist gprasadrao@hotmail.com Disclaimer : The author does not vouch for the purported outcomes of the design proposed herein under. Actual outcomes could vary due economic and financial market dynamics. (Errors, Omissions and Death threats excepted !!!) The Context One of the many reasons Global warming strategies have failed at containing CO2 emissions and its cumulative expression as heightened atmospheric concentration is the impact of competitive capitalism on nations that exploit non-renewable resources to achieve as high a nominal rate of economic growth as possible. This incentive to exploit non-renewable resources is particularly strong in nations that are rich in domestic carbon resources, and in nations that must sustain economic expansion, both by expanding exports against multi-lateral trade competition, and to generate sufficient employment for its citizens. The leveraging of

Inequity-Corruption-Inefficiency Nokeynomics !

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Inequity-Corruption-Inefficiency Nokeynomics ! Ganga Prasad Rao             gprasadrao@hotmail.com           Disclaimer : The author does not vouch for the purported outcomes of the design proposed herein under. Actual outcomes could vary due economic and financial market dynamics. (Errors, Omissions and Death threats excepted !!!)   Introduction Inequity? Corruption? Inefficiency? Social and Environmental unsustainability? So what's new in the nominal economy? These are age-old malaise, much as are Vice and Slavery. To root them out would be denying human greed, -sensitivities, -errors, and indeed, human urges that incentivize our actions (and inactions!). But should we condemn ourselves to these excesses and tolerate them as they pervade our public space and private life, erode our constitutional rights and personal freedom? Shall we, (un)like the proverbial followers of Moses walk across the dry bed of the River Jordan and seek a miraculous change of heart in our political maste