During
my daily 12000 step walks in sunny SoCal, I dictate and create a Zoom
Transcript. I then feed the transcript into Grok and ChatGPT and have them
rewrite my spoken thoughts. I then edit this output. This smooth production
process allowed me to write the following four books.
On January 8th 2025, I was flying from San Francisco to Los Angeles and my flight flew close to the LA Wildfire Zone. I took this photo and I began to write this book.
Book #2 is titled;
Diabetes, Floods and Unemployment
To my deep surprise, SSRN refuses to post this on its platform. This is an
economics book focused on the microeconomics of adaptation. I claim that the
three issues that I focus on in my book all share common features. I bet that
SSRN didn’t want to publish a manuscript that cites Led Zeppelin in its first
page!
Book #3;
Free to Choose in the American City
Imagine if Milton Friedman and NYC Socialist Mayor Mamdani spent one week
together and imagine if the bald scholar could tutor his young student. What
would this Yoda say and how would their discussion and debate go? At the end of
the week, would the young Mayor embrace any of the policy suggestions proposed
in Friedman’s 1962 book Capitalism and Freedom? I claim that the two men have
similar goals but very different visions for how to achieve urban flourishing
for all. My book focuses on the microeconomics of abundance. I focus on the
lessons I learned from my time living in New York City and Baltimore. I revisit
many of Ed Glaeser’s ideas presented in his great book; Triumph of the City.
Book #4;
Economic Growth and the Environment
This is the most controversial book of the four. While these are great days in
Environmental and Energy Economics, there is too much “group think”. Just a few
PHD programs train the young scholars in this field and this has consequences
for the entire field. “Free market environmentalism” merits much more attention.
My book is written for Econ 101 students as I try to flesh out the
microeconomics of several themes that Terry Anderson and Bjorn Lomborg have
emphasized for years.
If you like these books, please let your friends know. I
want my stuff to be read!!