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Four Free Economics E-Books!

Sunday, May 31, 2026 18:02

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I enjoy writing e-books because I can just keep revising them as I read, think and learn. I also confess that this approach allows me to avoid the pesky reviewers (who certainly improve my work) who slightly hijack the production process. These “shadow co-authors” can’t redirect where I want my e-books to go. In 2025, I went wild and wrote four e-books that I have recently revised.

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.

Book #1 An Introduction to Natural Disaster Economics

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!!

Source: http://greeneconomics.blogspot.com/2026/05/four-free-economics-e-books.html

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