Unknown 16.32 Add Comment Edit NEW Some Pictures of Singapore READ HERE Here are some mildly interesting photos. The first photo shows the view from a friend of mine's apartment. Note the large swimming pool ... Read More
Unknown 00.33 Add Comment Edit NEW Free Speech READ HERE Yesterday, I gave a free market environmentalism presentation at NUS in Singapore to a group of environmental policy students. While I have... Read More
Unknown 00.25 Add Comment Edit NEW Weather and Violence Revisited: Introducing the "Kahn Critique" READ HERE My Berkeley friends have written a nice OP-ED available here discussing the ample past set of studies documenting a correlation between c... Read More
Unknown 17.00 Add Comment Edit NEW A Sensible Historian READ HERE Ken Jackson makes the case that NYC should "go vertical". Without an economic model, he can't predict how such increases in ... Read More
Unknown 20.44 Add Comment Edit NEW How Does Singapore Cope with the Heat and Humidity? READ HERE This is my second trip to Singapore and I've been here for a week. Each day it is over 90 degrees and quite humid. Has violence and ... Read More
Unknown 02.17 Add Comment Edit NEW FEMA Revisited READ HERE Read this reasonable piece about FEMA and natural disasters but ponder a simple question; why do areas affected by natural disasters recei... Read More
Unknown 16.07 Add Comment Edit NEW Natural Resources Extraction in Cameroon READ HERE Tom Smith has p ublished an excellent OP-ED in the LA Times about his research project on preserving natural capital in Cameroon during a t... Read More
Unknown 16.29 Add Comment Edit NEW Sentosa Island Singapore READ HERE I had a great time on Sentosa Island in Singapore last night. When the sun sets and the heat fades, the people of Singapore head on out t... Read More
Unknown 07.14 Add Comment Edit NEW Free Copies of Fundamentals of Environmental Economics READ HERE To celebrate my first day as a Visiting Professor at NUS, I'm giving away my new environmental and urban economics book away for free.... Read More
Unknown 00.58 Add Comment Edit NEW Power Couples of the World Rejoice! READ HERE Many educated women choose not to "Lean In" and instead engage in some home production with their delightful kids. Do the kids be... Read More
Unknown 02.02 Add Comment Edit NEW Water Conservation in Texas READ HERE How will Texas adapt to drought conditions? Will suburban homes continue to have lush green lawns? As I argued in Climatopolis, if water a... Read More
Unknown 11.08 Add Comment Edit NEW Stanford is Heaven READ HERE I have just spent two days visiting Stanford University. If you ever have the opportunity to be an undergraduate, graduate student, full ti... Read More
Unknown 14.26 Add Comment Edit NEW Singapore! READ HERE To celebrate my first day Visiting NUS next week, I will be giving away free copies of my Fundamentals book on Monday 8/26/13. The new v... Read More
Unknown 09.48 Add Comment Edit NEW My Chair's Lecture at the California Air Resources Board READ HERE For folks looking to stream some deep thoughts about the future of California, you can click here. Read More
Unknown 11.30 Add Comment Edit NEW Chapter 12: California Environmentalism READ HERE In this age of "Big Data", when are policy makers willing to experiment and tryout a new idea such as school vouchers or road pric... Read More
Unknown 18.37 Add Comment Edit NEW A Positive Book Review READ HERE My mother didn't like my last book (titled Climatopolis ). She thinks that I'm too enthralled with free markets and she wants me to... Read More
Unknown 20.24 Add Comment Edit NEW My Upcoming Lectures at NUS in Singapore READ HERE Soon I'll return to Singapore. In early September 2013, I will give eight lectures about the green economy at NUS. All of the details ... Read More
Unknown 08.41 Add Comment Hard Money #28 Edit NEW Hard Money Loan #28 Started READ HERE The funds from my last loan that closed have been reinvested. This one is a single family home in San Pablo, CA. It's not in the best n... Read More
Unknown 08.06 Add Comment Edit NEW Free E-Book Today on Environmental Economics READ HERE $0 price ==> 0 consumer surplus? You decide! Just click here to download Fundamentals of Environmental Economics. UPDATE: This off... Read More
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Unknown 08.38 Add Comment Edit NEW The New York Post Endorses Emily Oster's New Book READ HERE The Wall Street Journal's Review section ran an excerpt of Emily Oster's new book and today the NY Post endorses it. From these... Read More
Unknown 12.26 Add Comment Edit NEW A Free Book on August 12th 2013 READ HERE August 12th 2013 is my parents' 51st wedding anniversary. To celebrate this important day, Amazon will give away free copies (just on... Read More
Unknown 16.50 Add Comment Edit NEW Chapter Eleven: The Challenge of Reducing Global Greenhouse Gas Production READ HERE Chapter 11 focuses on the global externality of greenhouse gas production. I start by using some World Bank WDI Data to show students some... Read More
Unknown 16.37 Add Comment Edit NEW Progress in Environmental Economics READ HERE One mark of a thriving research field is when superstars from other fields start writing on the topic. Recently, Acemoglu , Barro , Cochr... Read More
Unknown 16.29 Add Comment Edit NEW Big Think on the Future of California READ HERE Next Tuesday, I'll be presenting a "Big Think" talk about the Future of California at the California Air Resources Board's... Read More
Unknown 10.07 Add Comment Edit NEW Chapter Ten: The Economics of Green Business READ HERE I have read many environmental economics texts and while they drone on about cost/benefit analysis and introduce countless acronyms such as ... Read More
Unknown 07.31 Add Comment Multi #1 Edit NEW June 2013 Apartment Results READ HERE Things continue to look good at the apartment complex in Houston. Occupancy climbed 1 percent to 96%. Total rent collected was almost $165,0... Read More
Unknown 16.37 Add Comment Edit NEW Strange China Bashing in the NY Times READ HERE It is a rare day when an economist not named Krugman publishes an OP-ED in the NY Times. Today, an economist named Peter Navarro (not to b... Read More
Unknown 09.10 Add Comment Edit NEW Chapter Nine: Endogenous "Green" Preferences READ HERE How did Al Gore become "Al Gore"? When you meet an environmentalist, what role has recent events, peers, early schooling, macr... Read More