Why Carbon Taxes Failed

Why Carbon Taxes Failed, Volume 1, examines the shortcomings of market-based strategies used for global decarbonization. Author Daniel Driscoll analyzes why these policies often lead to political conflict and failure rather than environmental success. This work of political science and public affairs explores the gap between climate idealism and the pragmatic realities of national macroeconomic structures.

Drawing on global archives and interviews, the text introduces The Growth Model Policy Alignment Framework. This analysis of law and political science argues that carbon taxes only work when they align with a nation's existing economic engine and provide viable green alternatives. By focusing on legal theory and systems, Why Carbon Taxes Failed demonstrates that decarbonization requires a new political economy rather than simple market signals to replace fossil fuels in critical sectors.