Eban Goodstein is a Professor of Economics at Lewis and Clark College in Portland Oregon. He received his B.A. from Williams College and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Professor Goodstein is the author of a college textbook, Economics and the Environment, (John Wiley and Sons: 2004) now in its fourth edition, as well as The Trade-off Myth: Fact and Fiction about Jobs and the Environment. (Island Press: 1999), and is finishing a new book called Fighting for Love in the Century of Extinction: How Passion and Politics Can Change the Future

Goodstein’s current research interests focus on the economic impacts of global warming, especially in the Pacific Northwest. His work has been featured in, among other media, Scientific American, The New York Times, The Economist, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and USA Today. He has two daughters and a dog named Betty.

website: http://www.lclark.edu/~eban