More economists Stephen Harper might think are crazy?

I'm inspired by a nice post at Far and Wide today

Let's begin with the Stephen Harper reaction to the Green Shift.
From the Canadian Press: "This is crazy economics. It's crazy environmental policy," Harper said at a news conference in Huntsville, Ont

Let me add some crazy economists to Far and Wide's list, namely, the Pigou Club:

(I'm copying from their website here)

Pigou Club is described by its founder as “an elite group of economists and pundits with the good sense to have publicly advocated higher Pigovian taxes, such as gasoline taxes or carbon taxes.”

Pigou Club was founded by Dr. Gregory Mankiw by stating his legendary manifesto in the Wall Street Journal. As time passed more and more economists were added to the list of people supporting the Pigou Club. They include people from all sides of the political spectrum:

Nicholas Gregory Mankiw, founder, former chairman of President George W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisors

Nobel prize laureates

• Gary S. Becker (+ J. Bates Clark Medal)
• Joseph E. Stiglitz (+ JBCM)

John Bates Clark Medal

• Lawrence Summers
• Paul Krugman

Other fine Pigou Club Members:

Al Gore (former vice president)

Alan Greenspan (former Fed chief)

Amity Schlaes (Wall Street Journal)

Andrew Samwick (Prof. of Economics, Dartmouth College)

Andrew Sullivan (journalist)

Anthony Lake (National Security Advisor to Bill Clinton)

Brink Lindsey (Vice President for Research, CATO institute)

Christopher Farrell (economics editor, BusinessWeek)

Clive Crook (senior editor, The Atlantic Monthly & National Journal)

David Frum (speechwriter for George W. Bush)

George Schultz (US Secretary of Labor, Treasury and State)

Gregg Easterbrook (senior editor, The New Republic)

Hal Varian (Prof. University of California, Berkeley)

Joe Klein (jorunalist)

John Tierney (journalist, The New York Times)

Jonathan Rauch (journalist)

Kenneth Rogoff (Prof. of Economics, Harvard University)

Megan McArdle (journalist, The Economist)

Mike Moffatt (Economics guide at About.com)

Nouriel Roubini (Prof. of Economics, Stern School of Business, NYU)

Richard Posner (former Prof. University of Chicago Law School)

Robert H. Frank (Prof. of Economics, Cornell University)

Robert N. Stavins (Prof. of Business and Government, Harvard University)

Ted Gayer (Prof. of Public Policy, Georgetown University)

Thomas Friedman ( op-ed columnist for The New York Times, 3x Pulitzer Prize winner)

Tim Harford (journalist, The Financial Times)

Tyler Cowen (Prof. of Economics, George Mason University)

William Baldwin (editor, Forbes)

William Nordhaus (Prof. of Economics, Yale University)