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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

The Scissors of Supply and Demand are Cutting Carbon Emissions, but Not Fast Enough

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Since the time of Alfred Marshall, more than a century ago, economics professors have taught their students that  markets are like sc...
Thursday, January 23, 2020

How Can We Ensure That a Carbon Tax is a Generational Win-Win?

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Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com A recent  NBER working paper  by a distinguished team of economists argues that a properly designed carb...
Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Can We Put Everyone to Work? Four Ideas Compared.

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Can we put everyone to work? In a way, it seems like an odd time to be asking the question. After all, the official unemployment rate is a...
Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Carbon Pricing and Its Enemies

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On December 4, I made a presentation to a student group on Carbon Pricing and Its Enemies. Here is a link to the slides for the presentatio...
Friday, November 15, 2019

Can We Put Everyone to Work?

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Temporary link to slideshow " Can We Put Everyone to Work ," presented at Economic Club of Traverse City, MI, November 15, 2019. ...
Monday, October 28, 2019

Can Pete Buttigieg Save Democrats from the Medicare for All Trap?

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The Democratic Party is at risk of falling into a trap on health care — a trap called “Medicare for All.” But at the Democrats’ October ...
Friday, October 11, 2019

What Can Welfare Experiments of the 1970s Tell Us About a UBI?

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In a  recent commentary , I examined what economic theory can tell us about the effects a universal basic income would have on work ince...