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Michael Greenstone is the Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago, where he also serves as the Director of the Energy Policy Institute and the founding Director of the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth. His extensive experience includes being the Chief Economist for the President’s Council of Economic Advisers during the Obama Administration, where he played a pivotal role in proposing the social cost of carbon. Greenstone has been a significant presence in the field of environmental economics, focusing on the global energy challenge and the balance between affordable energy, public health protection from air pollution, and climate change mitigation. His research has notably influenced U.S. policy and has led to the quadrupling of damage estimates related to climate change. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and is also a fellow of the Econometric Society. Greenstone's innovative projects include the Air Quality Life Index®, which quantifies the impact of air pollution on life expectancy, and he co-founded Climate Vault to encourage carbon reduction initiatives through market solutions. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University.
Department of Philosophy