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Feb 8 carbon tax bill: HB 304
Rep Briscoe has introduced HB 304 (Fossil Fuels Tax Amendments, Feb 8) and on Wednesday there should be a fiscal note. Until then, here's some [...]
2019 update on my global warming “traffic light” bet with Bryan Caplan and Alex Tabarrok
Back in 2014 I made a global warming bet with fellow economists Bryan Caplan and Alex Tabarrok about global temperatures over the following 15 years [...]
Some thoughts on a Hawai’i carbon tax
I'll be in Hawai'i as a speaker and participant in the Ha o ke Kai climate conference on Monday Jan 14. All are welcome! For [...]
John Madden’s “old bologna sandwich” quote: a definitive citation
Various news stories and online comments reference a John Madden quip about an "old bologna sandwich" during Super Bowl XXXIII in early 1999: The NY [...]
Vox should fire journalist David Roberts for intentionally lying about I-1631
Update Oct 30: David Roberts added a PS to his piece claiming that his analysis is good because Ash Grove Cement, Nucor Steel, Boeing (the [...]
The Cartoon Introduction to Calculus (July 2019)
Ask your local bookstore for my new book (co-authored with and illustrated by Grady Klein, and published by FSG/Macmillan, ISBN 978-0809033690), or you can order it for about $15 from Amazon.com or B&N.
The Cartoon Introduction to Digital Ethics (October 2018)
This 20-page Cartoon Introduction to Digital Ethics booklet (free download here, co-authored by Grady Klein and yours truly) was commissioned by the European Data Protection Supervisor for the 40th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Brussels in October 2018.
Is I-1631 (carbon fee) the most expensive measure in WA history?
Edited Oct 16. And Oct 20 The short answer: Yes, assuming there wasn't a hugely funded campaign prior to 2008. As of Oct 16, the [...]
Taking fire from both sides
I began last week under fire from folks on the right and ended it under fire from folks on the left (click here to skip [...]