Unknown 18.51 Add Comment Edit NEW Meet the NY Times Editorial Board READ HERE Have you ever opened the NY Times and turned to the second to last page of the news section and read the forceful but unsigned editorials? ... Read More
Unknown 13.34 Add Comment Edit NEW What Do Important Economists Do All Day? READ HERE I didn't know the answer until I read this. Read More
Unknown 10.02 Add Comment Edit NEW A Field Experiment in Undergraduate Economics Teaching READ HERE Unlike many of my colleagues, I teach summer school. While UCLA faculty can be paid 1/9th of their salary for teaching summer school, I cho... Read More
Unknown 14.42 Add Comment Edit NEW Graduation Day at UCLA's Institute of the Environment READ HERE Today was graduation at UCLA's Institute of the Environment. Steve Westly gave an excellent and inspired graduation day speech. It w... Read More
Unknown 07.44 Add Comment Edit NEW The Liberal West Coast and the Logistics of Exporting U.S Coal to Asia READ HERE Suppose that you own a Montana coal mine and you have millions of tons of coal that you would like to sell to Asia's energy hungry citie... Read More
Unknown 08.38 Add Comment Edit NEW Robert Fogel READ HERE The NY Times's obituary for Robert Fogel is worth reading. He was a great man and a kind man. That's a rare combination! Read More
Unknown 14.14 Add Comment Edit NEW How Do Rich Coastal Cities Adapt to Climate Change? READ HERE Mike Bloomberg provides a tutorial here. How much do these public investments reduce risk exposure by? Could perceived risk exposure red... Read More
Unknown 14.58 Add Comment Edit NEW A Blogging Drought READ HERE I haven't been posting much because I'm focusing on finishing a draft of my new book "Blue Skies" co-authored with Siqi Zh... Read More
Unknown 14.37 Add Comment Hard Money #24, Multi #1 Edit NEW April Apartment Update READ HERE I returned from a quick trip to Las Vegas to find the April financials for the apartment complex in my email. Things continue to improve! Oc... Read More
Unknown 09.13 Add Comment Edit NEW Power Couples Revisited READ HERE Back in 2000, my wife and I wrote a paper about Power Couples that interested many people. We argue that big cities solve the co-locatio... Read More
Unknown 19.54 Add Comment Edit NEW A Productive Los Angeles Celebrity Stalker READ HERE The NY Times profiles the last working person in Los Angeles. She tracks down celebrities as they land at LAX or cruise the Sunset Strip a... Read More