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Sentosa Island Singapore 27 Aug 2013 | 04:29 am
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 to have fun. They have figured out how to adapt to their clim...
Free Copies of Fundamentals of Environmental Economics 26 Aug 2013 | 07:14 pm
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. This offer is only good for August 26th 2013.
Power Couples of the World Rejoice! 26 Aug 2013 | 12:58 pm
Many educated women choose not to "Lean In" and instead engage in some home production with their delightful kids. Do the kids benefit from this extra investment? Or, are these moms just engaging in...
Water Conservation in Texas 25 Aug 2013 | 02:02 pm
How will Texas adapt to drought conditions? Will suburban homes continue to have lush green lawns? As I argued in Climatopolis, if water authorities raise the price of water to signal scarcity then ...
Stanford is Heaven 23 Aug 2013 | 11:08 pm
I have just spent two days visiting Stanford University. If you ever have the opportunity to be an undergraduate, graduate student, full time faculty, visiting faculty or cook at Stanford, accept tha...
Singapore! 21 Aug 2013 | 08:45 am
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 version now includes a good example of a regression discontinu...
My Chair's Lecture at the California Air Resources Board 19 Aug 2013 | 09:48 pm
For folks looking to stream some deep thoughts about the future of California, you can click here.
Chapter 12: California Environmentalism 18 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
In this age of "Big Data", when are policy makers willing to experiment and tryout a new idea such as school vouchers or road pricing in a small pilot program? Such field experiments will be embraced...
A Positive Book Review 17 Aug 2013 | 06:37 am
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 look and think like Dr. Krugman. I told her that she could move fro...
My Upcoming Lectures at NUS in Singapore 14 Aug 2013 | 08:24 am
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 are here. If everything goes right, I plan to write a short boo...
