Environmental and Urban Economics: March 2021

The Economist Magazine's March 13th 2021 issue has a great story about drone use and drone expenditure.

The piece starts by talking about Tom Cruise in the movie "Top Gun" and says that manned airplanes are expensive.

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Matthew E. Kahn

Environmental and Urban Economics

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