Is Climate Change Legislation a High Priority for Pres. Obama?

Not according to the LA Times. This article mentions 7 other priorities without touching upon climate change. The big 7 are; health care, improving the intelligence system, job creation, international engagement, guantanamo, immigration, gays in the military. Now , I recognize that climate change could count under international engagement but the article itself focuses on on Iran and North Korea.

My new empirical paper (which I hope will be co-written with Matt Kotchen) argues that the recession has caused this diminished interest in battling climate change. Greens need booms to get guys likes Dick Cheney "in the mood" to support new regulation.


Switching gears; heavy rains will hit LA this week. Given that most economists are fans of spot markets, if you would like to hire Dora and I for one week, We are willing to move to your city and work for you. Call my agent at WMA to get our rates.