Hi Seema,

Thank you for doing this AMA and educating the public on the economics of climate change.

I've been reading a lot about climate economics for the last decade or so, and recently teamed up with a local lawyer to write a Chicago Resolution that calls on Congress to put a price on carbon and return the revenue to households as an equitable dividend. If passed, Chicago would be the 45th municipality to pass such a Resolution (unless Evanston, IL or another municipality beats us to it).

We know from surveys that economists have a favorable view of Carbon Fee & Dividend, but we are looking for individual economists who are willing to publicly come forward in support of the policy. Would you be willing to add your name to the growing list of supporters of externality-correcting climate policy?

Also, I recently read about some mathematical methods of accounting for scientists' uncertainty on climate change. Is there any reason these methods can't be applied to economists' uncertainty around the optimal price for carbon externalities?