A Tribute to Marty Weitzman, with Gernot Wagner

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English - September 08, 2019 00:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 53 ratings
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This week's episode pays tribute to the life and work of Harvard Economics Professor Marty Weitzman, who died two weeks ago. Host Daniel Raimi talks with Gernot Wagner, a close collaborator and friend of Weitzman’s and a professor at New York University. Raimi and Wagner talk about two of Weitzman’s seminal contributions to the field of environmental economics, how this work has shaped public policies around the world, and who Marty was as a person.

References and recommendations:

"Prices vs. Quantities" by Weitzman (1974); https://scholar.harvard.edu/weitzman/publications/prices-vs-quantities

"Chutes and Ladders" board game; https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5432/chutes-and-ladders

"The Uninhabitable Earth" by David Wallace-Wells; https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/586541/the-uninhabitable-earth-by-david-wallace-wells/9780525576709/