Here is a nice case study in the New York Times telling the story of how one maple syrup "farmer" converted his production process such that his energy source is now french fry grease.
Golfers gone wild. Let's see if this lady becomes rich selling her videos! As information technology declines in price, more citizens will be able to collect evidence such as these video tapes.
What is your theory for why more folks are talking about climate change as a "real"
issue than in the recent past? Is Al Gore a causal homogenous treatement effect? Or was this winter too warm relative to the recent past and this has convinced you that "things have changed"? Or, are your friends ta
issue than in the recent past? Is Al Gore a causal homogenous treatement effect? Or was this winter too warm relative to the recent past and this has convinced you that "things have changed"? Or, are your friends ta
Earth Day is here. Where would a green "benevolent" planner seeking to enhance environmental sustainability place 300 million Americans? All in St. Louis? All in Santa Monica? Ed Glaeser is trying to start a policy discussion on the larger consequences of differential housing supply regulation.
All Sheryl Crow wanted to do was have some fun --- do you feel pity for Karl Rove? This recounting of their "Lincoln-Douglas" debate is fun reading. If this version is correct, then I think that Ms. Crow won this round.
This article offers a case study of "new urbanists" benefiting from access to a
new rail transit line that allows them to ditch the auto lifestyle.
new rail transit line that allows them to ditch the auto lifestyle.
Mike Bloomberg is an unusual Republican. Most politicians do not have such a long run perspective.
Perhaps professors are useful people. Mark Jacobson at Stanford appears to be
working on an interesting issue with public policy consequences. I haven't read
his real research paper (the link is at the bottom of this blog entry) but I plan
to.
working on an interesting issue with public policy consequences. I haven't read
his real research paper (the link is at the bottom of this blog entry) but I plan
to.
It is Hammer's time. Here is part of the intro from Dan Hamermesh's new paper titled "Replication in Economics" http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13026.pdf
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Tom Friedman fumbled the ball in his long piece today in the NYT Magazine (see
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/magazine/15green.t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine&oref=slogin).
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/magazine/15green.t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine&oref=slogin).
In the Cape Cod area in the Northeast, Ted Kennedy managed to come out against wind power turbines in his backyard. This green technology would be an eyesore. Now the same issue is taking place on the west coast.
This is a funny case study of the cost of success. If I'm reading this article correctly, Washington Township has designed a relatively high density new community.
The Harvard Crimson is a better newspaper than the New York Times. At least, I learn more from the Crimson.
All of us face locational decisions. Given our income and tastes and housing prices in the city we live in, what is the best house for you? Convicted sex offenders face a more "constrained" problem that by law they must live at least 2500 feet from schools.
Universities are thinking about how to be "sustainability leaders". First, they need to define what these words actually mean. Then, each must come up with a plan.
This article has some interesting political economy insights into how to build a coalition to get a majority of the Senate to want to sign some greenhouse gas mitigation bill. The article hints that states endowed with coal will need to be encouraged to "play ball" here.
At the University of Chicago, Sherwin Rosen told his students that discrimination was to treat different people the same. I always thought that this was a distinctive definition. Too often in market capitalism, this type of discrimination exists. Consider auto insurance.
The Supreme Court's carbon dioxide ruling sends a credible message to electric utilities, car makers and other sources of greenhouse gases that the "price" of polluting will soon rise.
Endogenous technological change is quite a mouthful but David Warsh has sold many copies of his book that focuses on the intellectual history of this idea. I hope that Paul Romer likes that book.
UCLA is an upscale place. Last night, I watched the first half of the UCLA/Florida game at a fancy restaurant. Rick Fox, the actor, was sitting at the bar being distracted by drunk dudes who couldn't believe it was him and wanted Fox to talk to their friends by cell phone.
