Gas Tax II

Hey guys, that library session was fun. I hope you are enjoying looking for those articles.

Some of you asked about the blog posts and readings. Most of the time when we post things to the blog, we're doing it because we thought you might be interested in it. When it is required reading, we'll make a point of telling you about it. But, do take advantage of them. They are things that might help you to shape your own ideas on some of these issues. It is a bit of a change in thinking--we're not giving you assignments so that you can give us the same information back, we're giving you assignments so you can form new ideas on problems and then communicate them to other people. This last part is central to being a scholar.

Now, here is yet another article by Thomas Friedman about the gas tax. He seems to have a chip on his shoulder about Dick Cheney. But, putting that aside, file his idea away as yet one more reason that one might argue for or against a gas tax. We'll get the skinny on the economics of the gas tax from Robert on Tuesday, so be kicking these ideas around in your head.