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428. The Simple Economics of Saving the Amazon Rain Forest

Freakonomics Radio

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The Social Cost of Carbon

Michael greenstone was chief economist for the council of economic advisers in the first year of the abomb administration. Greenstone is now back as my colleague at the university of chicago. While he was in government, one of his jobs was coming up with environmental regulations. He says we're beginning to build an empirical foundation for what the damages of climate change might look like....

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