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Hi, thanks very much for taking the time to do an IAMA. My questions are all about climate change:

• Can you give us an overall picture of the state of climate change legislation in Washington?
• Do you feel like the White House understands the scale of the threat? Does Congress?
  
• Has Hurricane Sandy done anything to change minds inside the beltway?
• Are there many people talking about the UN Climate Conference happening now in Doha?
• Do you have a gut feeling about whether we'll see a comprehensive plan to address climate change in Obama's 2nd term?

Again, thanks!

Hi Tom, I'm a big fan of the Economist, I've been reading for years. It's so dense with information, it's all I can do to finish one before the next one appears in my mailbox.

My question is about economic growth. What's the magazine's opinion of the Limits of Growth and generally those who say that pursuing infinite growth on a finite planet is a fool's errand?

These ideas appear to be slipping in to the mainstream a little, as Paul Krugman wrote Is Growth Over? a few weeks ago. Is the magazine also aware of the work biophysical economists like Chris Martenson?