In Economist's View - Posted 1 week ago

Joseph Stiglitz picks up where Jamie Galbraith left off:The Dangers of Deficit Reduction, by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Commentary, NY Times: A wave of fisca...

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In Economist's View - Posted 2 weeks ago

Andrew Leonard takes on an op-ed in the WSJ lauding the Chicago Boys:The Chicago boys and the Chilean earthquake, by Andrew Leonard: The ghost of Milt...

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In Economist's View - Posted 2 weeks ago

Tim Harford notes disagreement over the relationship between high debt to GDP ratios and economic growth:Maybe debt doesn't matter after all, by Tim H...

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In Mongabay.com: Environment News - Posted 4 weeks ago

A push in the mid-1980s for Africa to embrace free trade to aid it economies backfired in many of the continent's poorest countries, argues a new stud...

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In Environmental Economics - Posted 4 weeks ago

Apparently, it is my weekend to pick on Greg Mankiw. Fortunately for him, that is like the mouse taking a swing at the cat (and the cat is a big one, ...

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In Mongabay.com: Environment News - Posted 5 weeks ago

The first ever national survey of pollution in China shows a nation that has paid for its economic growth in environmental pollution....

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In Energy Outlook - Posted 6 weeks ago

A spate of articles on China over the weekend, including one in the New York Times entitled, China Leading Global Race to Make Clean Energy got me t...

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In Greenpeace Weblogs - Posted 7 weeks ago

This is part of a trial seriesAFP reports on Greenpeace's call for a moratorium on industrial activity in the Arctic. The article quotes Greenpeace's...

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In Mongabay.com: Environment News - Posted 7 weeks ago

For decades industrialized nations have measured their success by the size of their annual GDP (Gross Domestic Product), i.e. economic growth. The cur...

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In Economist's View - Posted 8 weeks ago

Tim Duy looks at the Fed's likely interest rate and balance sheet actions in the months ahead:It's Not About Interest Rates Yet, by Tim Duy: Incoming ...

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