Do climate skeptics believe in insurance?

The case for making the climate change debate less about science and more about risk management

A house sits in floodwater outside of Meyer, Illinois.
(Image credit: REUTERS/Frank Polich)

Progressives are well-armed with a pithy one-liner to throw in the faces of climate change skeptics: Do you believe in science?

It might be smarter, however, to ask: Do you believe in insurance?

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Jeff Spross

Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He was previously a reporter at ThinkProgress.