Politics

By now most know of the train derailment in East Palestine (pronounced pal-uh-steen), Ohio and the ensuing decision to burn the chemicals spilling from the train rather than wait for a potentially more disastrous--and perhaps more lethal--explosion. What is not

Yesterday I spent 2 hours revising a final version of this paper so that we can say it is "forthcoming" in Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy. Here is Figure 1:

Here is what I accomplished (about 2 weeks ago)

If I hear 'woke' used as a slur one more time

From Marginal Revolution University's Women in Economics: via Twitter: @Laurent Franckx

David Leonhardt reviews the successes (low unemployment) and failures (inflation) of President Biden's economic team as it transitions in the NYT's what I think used to be called the the Morning Brief but now it is The Morning. After mentioning

From the local paper (Foothills Conservancy making progress to permanently protect iconic Blowing Rock view):  Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina announced significant progress toward the purchase and permanent protection of a 332-acre parcel of land in Blowing Rock that contains the

I just finished reading Kirk Wallace Johnson's The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and a Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast. Here's my book review (from the view of an Environmental Economist of course). The Fishermen and the

New York City will implement its first congestion charge program by the end of 2023

Here I am presenting a paper on-campus for the second time that is going big-time at the Society for Benefit-Cost meeting in March: And here are my slides:  Download Climate change. They might not change to much for the SBCA (except