01 / RESEARCHWhy political economy belongs in the explanation
This coauthored article, with Alfie Hoar, examines connections between neoliberal ideas and climate change denial. The intellectual issue is not whether knowing more science automatically resolves disagreement. It is whether the political meaning of environmental regulation—state intervention in markets, obligations placed on industry, and limits on individual or corporate discretion—helps explain why climate science becomes ideologically contested.
02 / RESEARCHA distinction between belief and policy opposition
Accepting a physical finding about the climate is different from supporting a particular regulatory response. Political actors may challenge evidence, contest the competence of public institutions, or object to measures proposed in the name of science. A careful account must keep those positions analytically separate while investigating how they reinforce one another in public debate.
03 / RESEARCHHow it connects to the broader research program
The article belongs beside the published climate-contrarian signatory study and the Green Deceit book. The former documents people, expertise, and affiliations; this article directs attention to the ideas about markets and government that may make organized dissent politically resonant. Specific data, estimates, and causal claims should be added only after the full article is checked.
Source: Young and Hoar, Neoliberalism and Climate Change Denial, Florida Political Chronicle 31(2). Publication verified; article-specific estimates not available in the reviewed source.