Jerry Taylor
Jerome Cogburn "Jerry" Taylor (born August 2, 1962) is an American environmentalist activist and policy analyst.
Taylor is currently the president of the Niskanen Center, a Washington, D.C. based think tank that advocates for market environmentalism and the adoption of a carbon tax system to combat global warming. Before founding the Niskanen Center in 2015, Taylor was a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, where he previously espoused a skeptical position on environmental issues. Taylor's case is notable as an example of a former climate-change skeptic who came to embrace policies to address climate change after researching the scientific consensus behind man-made global warming.[1] During the 1990s and 2000s Taylor made regular media appearances as a global warming skeptic, including on Penn and Teller's show Bullshit as well as a special edition of the John Stossel show devoted to attacking climate science. Taylor changed his prior beliefs because "the scientific evidence became stronger and stronger over time."[1] In 2015, Taylor published a recantation entitled the "Conservative Case for a Carbon Tax"[2] in which he espoused a global carbon taxation system, enforced by tariffs and implemented as a revenue neutral tax swap.
Jerry Taylor attended the University of Iowa as a political science major.
He is also a board game designer who has released three wargames, Hammer of the Scots, Crusader Rex, and Richard III.
He resides in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and son.
References
External links
- Cato Institute bio page for Jerry Taylor
- Jerry Taylor at BoardGameGeek
- Gamefest interview with Jerry Taylor