Gideon Salutin
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About Gideon Salutin
Gideon Salutin is a Researcher with the Social Market Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank based in London, UK, where he researches environmental policy, transport, and inequality. Prior to joining the SMF, Gideon worked for the International Development Research Centre reviewing sustainable development initiatives in the Global South, and organizing dialogues at COP26 and COP27. He holds an MSc in International Social and Public Policy from the London School of Economics and BA Hons in Economic Development and History from McGill University.
Government handouts to woo sustainable industries must pass the cost-benefit test
Neglecting evidence that green subsidies generate jobs and investments, detractors of the recent Stellantis deal seem driven more by an ideological conviction than rigorous cost-benefit analysis, writes researcher Gideon Salutin.