Questions for George Will
Columnist George Will is coming to Lakeside tomorrow, and I'm moderating a Q&A session with him during 7th period. Here are questions I've culled, mostly [...]
A bit more on Superfreakonomics
We've all spent more than enough time on this, but since my previous posts are getting some play (e.g., from Greg Mankiw) I'm going to [...]
More Superfreakonomics: emails from Steven Levitt
[Update Oct 19: My (concluding?) thoughts here.] This may not be terribly interesting, but here is an email correspondence I had with Steven Levitt this [...]
Climate change in Superfreakonomics
Update Oct 18 11:07am PST: My email exchange with Steven Levitt is here. Update Oct 19: My (concluding?) thoughts here. Joe Romm at climateprogress.org posts [...]
In the news
Joe Romm is not happy with the climate change chapter in Superfreakonomics, and neither am I. More later. "Perils of a Talking Head": I bring [...]
First exam Oct 14/15
The first exam will be on Oct 14/15. Here is the cheat sheet (which as an added bonus also includes an old exam). The exam [...]
George Will coming to Lakeside Oct 21
Washington Post columnist George Will is coming to Lakeside Oct 21 to speak with students during the day (including my 7th period economics class) and [...]
In the news
My vote for the Nobel economics prize on Monday: Harvard environmental economist Marty Weitzman. Yes We Can (Pass Climate Change Legislation) by JOHN KERRY and [...]
An open letter to Austan Goolsbee (Oct 8 2009)
Dear Austan: You might think that it was quite a shock for me--"the world's first and only stand-up economist"--to find a Wall Street Journal blog [...]
Carbon cap: Be careful what you wish for
Much of the discussion in the environmental community about the climate strategy known as “cap-and-trade” centers on the fact that this strategy sets a hard [...]