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UC's Giannnini Foundation to Throw a Serious Climate Change Policy Conference on October 4th
UC's Giannnini Foundation to Throw a Serious Climate Change Policy Conference on October 4th
Sep 29th
Amazon Rankings of Recent Climate Change Books
Amazon Rankings of Recent Climate Change Books
Sep 29th
The Rise and Decline (and Future Rise) of the Midwest
Sep 29th
How Do We Cope During a Heat Wave?
How Do We Cope During a Heat Wave?
Sep 28th
Could Climatopolis Interest the Young and the Old?
Could Climatopolis Interest the Young and the Old?
Sep 28th
Hot Times in the City! UCLA Students Learn in 105+ Degree Heat
Hot Times in the City! UCLA Students Learn in 105+ Degree Heat
Sep 28th
Moscow's 2010 Heat Wave Revisited
Moscow's 2010 Heat Wave Revisited
Sep 26th
How Will the Urban Poor Cope With Climate Change?
How Will the Urban Poor Cope With Climate Change?
Sep 26th
Could the World Death Count from Natural Disasters Start to Decline Despite Climate Change?
Could the World Death Count from Natural Disasters Start to Decline Despite Climate Change?
Sep 25th
The Microeconomics of Climate Change Adaptation
The Microeconomics of Climate Change Adaptation
Sep 25th
A Poem Written for Rush Limbaugh From a Tough Smart Green
A Poem Written for Rush Limbaugh From a Tough Smart Green
Sep 25th
A Return to Los Angeles
A Return to Los Angeles
Sep 24th
Diversification and Trade with China in Rare Natural Resources
Diversification and Trade with China in Rare Natural Resources
Sep 23rd
Blogging
Blogging
Sep 22nd
Back to School: My Return to Hamilton College
Sep 21st
Will Joe Romm Bet Me on Round #2 of the Ehrlich/Simon Bet But This Time on Deaths from Natural Disasters?
Will Joe Romm Bet Me on Round #2 of the Ehrlich/Simon Bet But This Time on Deaths from Natural Disasters?
Sep 21st
A Response to One Climatopolis Critic
A Response to One Climatopolis Critic
Sep 20th
Bad Eggs and Free Market Capitalism
Bad Eggs and Free Market Capitalism
Sep 19th
Can the Video Game "Climate Challenge" Help Us Adapt to Climate Change?
Can the Video Game "Climate Challenge" Help Us Adapt to Climate Change?
Sep 18th
World Bank Talk on Climatopolis
Sep 18th
A Distinctive Interview in the Los Angeles Times
A Distinctive Interview in the Los Angeles Times
Sep 17th
Do You Hear a Sound When Environmentalists Rough Up Economists?
Do You Hear a Sound When Environmentalists Rough Up Economists?
Sep 17th
My Grist Interview about Climatopolis
My Grist Interview about Climatopolis
Sep 16th
The College Class of 2014
The College Class of 2014
Sep 15th
Some Thoughts on the Modern Council of Economic Advisers
Some Thoughts on the Modern Council of Economic Advisers
Sep 15th
Some Climatopols Self Promotion
Some Climatopols Self Promotion
Sep 15th
Very High Speed Internet as a Placed Based Economic Development Strategy
Very High Speed Internet as a Placed Based Economic Development Strategy
Sep 14th
New Empirical Work on Who Washes Their Hands After Going to the Toliet
New Empirical Work on Who Washes Their Hands After Going to the Toliet
Sep 14th
Can an Economist Get Back in Shape? Investment Over the Life-Cycle
Can an Economist Get Back in Shape? Investment Over the Life-Cycle
Sep 14th
A Defense of the Modern Research University
A Defense of the Modern Research University
Sep 12th
How Dangerous is Natural Gas Reliance in Earthquake Zones?
How Dangerous is Natural Gas Reliance in Earthquake Zones?
Sep 12th
Woodstock Revisited? AB 32 Economists Converge in Sacramento on October 4th
Woodstock Revisited? AB 32 Economists Converge in Sacramento on October 4th
Sep 11th
Futurama Revisited
Futurama Revisited
Sep 10th
What Do Ozzy Osbourne and I Have in Common?
Sep 9th
Should the U.S Fear the Rise of China's Renewable Energy Sector?
Should the U.S Fear the Rise of China's Renewable Energy Sector?
Sep 9th
Signal Extraction and Climate Change
Signal Extraction and Climate Change
Sep 8th
California's AB32 Revisited
California's AB32 Revisited
Sep 6th
Synergies Between Purchasing Solar Homes and Purchasing an Electric Vehicle
Synergies Between Purchasing Solar Homes and Purchasing an Electric Vehicle
Sep 5th
My Trip to San Francisco Next Wednesday
My Trip to San Francisco Next Wednesday
Sep 3rd
The Economist's Review of Climatopolis
The Economist's Review of Climatopolis
Sep 2nd
Seattle Rocks
Seattle Rocks
Sep 1st
My Research and My Books
My Research and My Books
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The Overeducated Chinese Young Person?
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About Me
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Matthew E. Kahn
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