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Stavins, Robert N. Curbing Carbon. Technology Review, March/April 2011http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/20754/curbing_carbon.htmlThroughout the U.S. economy, millions of decentralized decisions are  made every day that contribute to the problem of climate change. A  national carbon-pricing system — in the form of either carbon taxes or  cap-and-trade — is the only policy that can significantly tilt them all in  a climate-friendly direction. Given the ubiquity and diversity of  energy use in a modern economy, conventional regulatory approaches  simply cannot do the job...