Carbon tax presentation to state Labor Council
Here's the presentation (PPTx) we gave today to the executive committee of the state Labor Council. (Note that some of the slides are grayed out, [...]
Carbon tax happenings
Here's the latest 2-pager on the Green Economy / Transportation option. Eric de Place and Ian Siadak at Sightline have a great new post about [...]
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Marriage on the Ballot: The measure in Maine probably has the best chance of winning. Three years ago, Maine voters rejected a marriage-equality bill that [...]
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A Possibly Fatal Mistake (Kristof on health care) The Cancer Lobby (also by Kristof, about industry lobbying). See also With Affirmative Action, India’s Rich Gain [...]
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Anger Rolls Across Pakistani City in Aftermath of Factory Fire (for Cartoon Macro) Input-Output modeling Taxes Show One Way to Save Fuel Spreading the Word [...]
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Carbon Taxes Cut Debt, Cool Planet By the Bloomberg Editors. See also Carbon Tax Silence, Overtaken by Events, By ROBERT H. FRANK. And Study Finds [...]
Me with Paul Krugman (2012 AEA Humor Session)
From the 2012 AEA Humor Session, with Avichai Snir, Paul Krugman, and (AEA President) Orley Ashenfelter.
Me with Mort Sahl and Robin Williams
From the show at the 142 Throckmorton Theater in Mill Valley (CA) on August 7 2012. Mort Sahl didn't do any time, but Robin Williams [...]
Cartoon econ books coming in Spanish!
Debate, a division of Random House Mondadori, has agreed to translate Cartoon Micro and Macro into Spanish! Estoy muy feliz!
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The Tyee, BC's Quest for Carbon Neutrality (a PDF collection of articles.) Davis Oldham of Seattle CCL, "Why we need a national carbon fee and [...]