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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 [...]
Washington State carbon tax (green economy option)
Here's a new 2-pager draft that uses a carbon tax to promote the Green Economy. It's 50% revenue-neutral (focusing on cuts in property taxes, cuts [...]
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Surging Seas: Sea level rise analysis by ClimateCentral Retirees Wrestle With Pension Buyout From General Motors: "For weeks, John and Kathy Matthews have agonized over [...]
New working paper: Impacts of Climate Change on Milk Production in the United States
Update July 15 2014: The paper has been published! You may be able to get a free download here. The paper is Guillaume Mauger, Yoram [...]