]> http://www.greenedia.com/popular/articles/environmental-economics Environmental Economics - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/78721?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 It's been 30 days since Google dropped us from searches. The effects are starting to depress me. The graph to the right shows our 30 day moving average of page views from June of 2005 to present. A nice upward trend until December 24, 2007--aka ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:46:34 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/78721?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/78648?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 A NYTImes editorial reviews two recent NYTimes articles and points out how difficult regulation of international overfishing might be.Before we get to the article, note that I always am suspicious of NYTimes editorials. At first read I detected no li... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:25:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/78648?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78718?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 I can't say I expected this to happen today. So far so good, stock markets are recovering, at least for the moment, but the 75 basis point cut is aggressive and makes me wonder if there are things the Fed knows that we don't. In that sense, I hope th... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:51:22 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78718?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/78647?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 From my department's Pattern of Administration (our rules):The typical faculty member has an appointment involving two or three funding lines - OARDC, OSUE, or OSU general funds...Regardless of appointment, faculty members are expected to produce sch... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:10:02 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/78647?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78575?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Black Pharaohs - National Geographic Aristotle's (modern) politics - The Daily Princetonian Ben Bernanke Knows How to Run a Meeting - The Monkey Cage 3.2 Million Unemployed Americans Apply For Opening At Ohio-Area Bob Evans - The Onion ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:21:06 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78575?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78598?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 John Berry says we shouldn't feel too sorry for banks, or worry that credit is about to dry up and ruin the economy: Every Major U.S. Bank Was Profitable Last Year, by John M. Berry, Bloomberg: With all the large writedowns and losses announced fo... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:25:21 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78598?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78666?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 By Joseph RommI meant to blog on this earlier, but lost track of it after failing to find the original study (for reasons that will become clear). The bottom line is: Global warming could cut the rate at which trees in tropical rainforests grow ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:02:52 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78666?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78746?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 By David RobertsI'm writing a short piece on the environmental benefits of a shorter work week. There's lots of stuff out there on the social benefits (more time for family, better health, etc.) and the economic benefits (higher productivity, higher ... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:29:29 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78746?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78802?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 From The Monkey Cage:Economic and Social Differences by State and Party ID, by David Park: ...Here's a graph from the 2000 National Annenberg Election Studies. Each state represents the mean economic and social estimates (red states indicate self-rep... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:24:50 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78802?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/institutional-economics/78804?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 The December quarter CPI is nothing less than disastrous. The 3.6% y/y average outcome for the statistical underlying measures is the worst result for underlying inflation since the great disinflation of the early 1990s and well above the 3.25% for... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:12:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/institutional-economics/78804?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78576?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 While Tim was in central Oregon this weekend teaching the next generation of Fed Watchers where to go and hide after a bad call, he thought a bit about fiscal policy:Adding to the Fiscal Stimulus Discussion, by Tim Duy: I rarely comment on fiscal pol... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:37:33 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78576?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78559?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 The nordicmodel blog highlights a paper discussing the impact of globalization on Denmark: Small is Resilient the Impact of Globalization on Denmark, by aplefebvre: ...it is really interesting to see that a small country is sometimes better at faci... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:38:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78559?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/institutional-economics/78533?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Seems not everyone got the memo on fiscal conservatism':KEVIN Rudd faces intensifying pressure from community groups for billions of dollars of new government spending, despite his promise of an austerity budget designed to ease pressure on inflat... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:20:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/institutional-economics/78533?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78493?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 There are lots of worries about sovereign wealth funds and what countries who have amassed large amounts of financial assets might do with the money. For example, if a foreign country decides to invest in and take majority control of the Wall Street ... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:31:30 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78493?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sierra-club/78523?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Santa Fe, NM -- A coalition of twelve environmental organizations in New Mexico has initiated a new strategy to help get American kids back outdoors. The Environmental Alliance of New Mexico is renewing its call for a one-percent sales tax on televis... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:58:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sierra-club/78523?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/78453?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 From the WSJ Economics Blog:The economy expanded modestly from mid-November through December as gains in tourism helped to offset a weak housing market and tighter credit conditions, according to the Federal Reserve's latest beige book su... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:16:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/78453?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78396?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 If some people had gotten their way, today wouldn't be a holiday:The Moment That Carried This Day, by Allison Silberberg, Commentary, Washington Post: As we honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. today, it bears remembering how the holiday came to be.... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:34:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78396?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78397?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Paul Krugman explains why people should be upset with Barack Obama's praise of Ronald Reagan:Debunking the Reagan Myth, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, New York Times: Historical narratives matter. That's why conservatives are still writing books denoun... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:33:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78397?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78398?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 America's recession will be hard to shift - Wolfgang Munchau The Rationalizing Voter - The Monkey Cage Reaganomics - Paul Krugman Blog For Clinton, Government as Economic Prod - New York TimesA fiscal stimulus offers limited help - Cliv... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:06:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78398?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/institutional-economics/78409?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is promising budget surpluses of 1.5% of GDP, as part of the government's war on inflation.' Relative to the forward estimates contained in the previous government's Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook, this represents ... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:15:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/institutional-economics/78409?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78366?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 With the election coming up, supply-side economics has returned to the policy discussion as conservative candidates play to particular factions in the party's base. In response, here's Paul Krugman on Reaganomics:A few graphs on the Reagan economic r... Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:48:31 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78366?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78271?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Entrepreneurship - Paul Krugman BlogThe Human Cost of the War in Iraq - MITMIT web site puts human face on Iraq war - MIT News McCain Lies His Head Off - Jon Chait A Helping Hand in Technical Training - New York Times Pump-Priming the Eco... Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:06:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78271?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78265?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Austan Goolsbee, who is advising the campaign of Senator Barack Obama, talks about supply-side economics:Is the New Supply Side Better Than the Old?, by Austan Goolsbee, Commentary, NY Times: The presidential campaign has brought back to the fore the... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:22:28 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78265?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78253?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Recently, the CBO Director's Blog posted an entry that seemed to contradict many of the results on the volatility of household risk that come from the work of Jacob Hacker:Income volatility, Peter Orszag, CBO Director's Blog: Substantial interest has... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:33:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78253?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78142?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Bruce Bartlett says temporary tax cuts may not have much of an impact on the economy:Feel-Good Economics, by Bruce Bartlett, Commentary, WSJ: With remarkable speed, Congress, the White House, Republicans, Democrats and even the Federal Reserve have c... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:32:26 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78142?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78148?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 By JMGHere's a disturbing study that seems to mimic nothing so much as my mother-in-law's theory that small brownie pieces cut from the edge of the remaining mass of brownies left in the pan ( the efficient frontier, an economist might call it) don'... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 04:56:50 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/78148?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78136?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Return of the tax families - Paul Krugman Blog Tax rebates on the way? - Andrew Leonard Publishing FOMC Economic Forecasts - FRBSF Economic Letter Additional thoughts on stimulus - William J. Polley ... Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:22:11 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78136?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/new-economist/78371?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 The latest Institute for Fiscal Studies briefing note, Racing away? Income inequality and the evolution of high incomes, focuses on the 'super-rich'. Authors Mike Brewer, Luke Sibieta and Liam Wren-Lewis define this group of 'high income individuals'... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:25:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/new-economist/78371?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78099?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Tim Duy says the Fed is likely to cut rates a half point:Odds Still Favor a 50bp Cut, by Tim Duy: I am inclined to believe that Bernanke & Co. intend to cut rates 50bp on Jan. 31. Bernanke's move to a more blunt communication strategy, however, has s... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:12:10 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/78099?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/78009?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Keep your eyes on the WSJ Energy Roundup, especially when the title of the post calls out the devil. It's tempting, with a spate of climate-change bills meandering throughCongress, to forget some basic truths about one country's efforts totackle a gl... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:43:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/78009?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/78010?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 One kid has a 2-hour school delay, the other had her tonsils out yesterday. I'm getting nothing, no thing, done today, except some penetrating remarks about this:The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission on Thursday overwhelmingly rejected a request by t... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:42:29 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/78010?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77969?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 How did we end up with problems usually associated with third-world economies?:Don't Cry for Me, America, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: Mexico. Brazil. Argentina. Mexico, again. Thailand. Indonesia. Argentina, again. And now, the United Stat... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:31:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77969?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77970?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Economic outlook - Ben Bernanke The Economy in 2008 - Dennis Lockhart - FRB Atlanta The Mind of the Market - Scientific American Great Depression blogging - Paul Krugman Blog Huckabee's Magic FairTax - Ezra Klein Inequality and Medi... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:26:12 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77970?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77990?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Erwan Quintin and Jason L. Saving of the Dallas Fed review the evidence on inequality and growth and note new theories that provide explanations for why inequality might hinder economic growth :Inequality and Growth: Challenges to the Old Orthodoxyb... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:21:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77990?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77971?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 According to this research, the forward premium, the difference between the forward exchange rate and the spot exchange rate, can help to predict short-run exchange rates and investors who ignore it and use random walk models may be leaving money on... Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:18:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77971?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/new-economist/78372?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 I've just come across a new OECD economic working paper on growth theory: Solow or Lucas? Testing growth models using panel data from OECD countries. Authors Jens Arnold, Andrea Bassanini and Stefano Scarpetta test whether the growth experience of a ... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:22:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/new-economist/78372?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77869?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 One of the big economic stories today is, of course, Ben Bernanke's support of fiscal policy measures. Most commentary I have seen has focused on Bernanke's remarks that fiscal policy should, among other things, be targeted and temporary, and has not... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:26:21 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77869?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/77817?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Toyota Prius sales pass Ford Explorer:Americans bought more Toyota Prius hybrid gas-electric hatchbacks last year than Ford Explorer sport-utility vehicles, the top-selling SUV for more than a decade.The change of fortune, buried in U.S. vehicle-sale... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:04:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/77817?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/77818?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Environmental news is slow right now, as always happens when the economy starts to tank and I'm teaching like crazy (2 PhD courses plus an environmental seminar) so the extent of my in-depth analysis consists of quickly browsing the news sites for st... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:19:32 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/77818?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77775?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Michael Woodford continues hisdiscussion of monetary policy. Here, he discusses how Central Banks use forward guidance , code words in communications signaling expected future policy, to stabilize inflation expectations over medium to long-run horiz... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:12:01 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77775?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77752?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 This is probably Brad's territory - a professor at Berkeley talking about and documenting the largely forgotten ... public-works legacy of the FDR era that is still all around us - but Brad's kind of a blogland wallflower and he may be too shy to p... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:32:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77752?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77753?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Taxes and revenues another history lesson - Paul Krugman BlogSlash rates now - Nouriel Roubini Time to Take Action on the Recession - Larry Mishel I'm Out of Toll Puns - Ryan Avent The Education of Ben Bernanke - New York Times Bernanke Is... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:06:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77753?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/institutional-economics/77738?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 At the ripe old age of 92, Anna Schwartz is still giving the Fed a hard time: There never would have been a sub-prime mortgage crisis if the Fed had been alert. This is something Alan Greenspan must answer for, she says.While this is a widely he... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:54:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/institutional-economics/77738?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77722?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 By David RobertsOver at the New Republic's blog, Adam Blinick writes: As it stands, nuclear power is the only environmentally friendly, economic, and efficient source of energy that can help the U.S. wean itself off foreign oil. For the record... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:45:54 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77722?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/77684?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Maybe John McCain lost Michigan because he supports more stringent fuel efficiency standards. Look here.He also has strong views on the need to address climate change, as illustrated in this You Tube clip:Meanwhile, here's related news about Mitt Rom... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:17:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/77684?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77678?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 By Joseph RommThis post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. ----- If you are one of those people who loves the quiet communion of hiking in the high-country forests of... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:27:34 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77678?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/77616?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Steven Landsburg, most notably author of the Armchair Economist, has an editorial in today's NYTimes questioning the Romney and McCain plans to retrain workers whose jobs have been outsourced:All economists know that when American jobs are outsourced... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:19:35 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/77616?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/random-rogers-big-picture/77621?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Apparently the lava danger on the big island is ramping up (but this is an old photo). Relative to the lava zones this is no where close to our house but this is from Kalapana which is in easy driving distance and where the one picture I posted of th... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:32:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/random-rogers-big-picture/77621?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77577?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Don't worry, things are going to turn out great:Dismal Science Sees Upbeat Future, Alexander Tabarrok, Forbes: Forget the talk of recession. The world is about to enter a new era in which miracle drugs will conquer cancer and other killer diseases an... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:40:04 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77577?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/77578?rsstype=populararticles&cid=56 Jared Bernstein writes to the editor of the NY Times about how to stimulate the economy:A Tool to Stimulate the Economy: To the Editor: Your Jan. 8 Business Day article about economic stimulus didn't mention one important tool that has particular cur... 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