Globalization and the Role of Technology in Increasing Efficiency

If you're Tom Friedman, then you think the most effective single act with respect to energy policy that the government could take would be to double or triple taxes on each gallon of gas. Energy is still relatively inexpensive in this country, which is why we're so wasteful. The free market is a wonderful place, except when it results in income disparities that are greater in the United States than they have been since 1928.