There was a Global Cooling scare in the 1970s
01 Jul 2015 4 Comments
in economic history, economics of media and culture, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism, global cooling, global warming, green rent seeking, Little ice age
Why did global warming become climate change?
29 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism, expressive voting, global warming, green rent seeking, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
Where lies the future of carbon emissions?
28 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism, global warming
A less than model climate reality
28 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism, conjecture and refutation, global warming
Greenpeace protesters no longer have fire in their bellies
26 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - New Zealand Tags: climate alarmism, expressive politics, expressive voting, global warming, Greenpeace, Leftover Left, nonviolent direct action, peaceful protests
The opportunity cost of renewable energy subsidies
22 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, environmental economics, global warming, health economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: climate alarmism, evidence-based policy, global warming, green rent seeking
How Al Gore spins global warming
21 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA, rentseeking Tags: Al Gore, climate alarmism, global warming, green rent seeking
The GMO food die-hard GMO opponents love (and oppose a label for)
20 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, environmental economics, health economics, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: antiscience left, expressive voting, food labelling, GMOs, product labelling, rational ignorance, rational irrationality
Climate change saving hundreds of thousands of lives in Africa
20 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, global warming Tags: Africa, agricultural economics, climate alarmism, extreme poverty, global warming
Climate change saving hundreds of thousands of lives in Africa
thetimes.co.uk/tto/environmen…
@BarackObama hates that. http://t.co/cneiSS60wT—
Steve Goddard (@SteveSGoddard) June 02, 2015
The opportunity cost of expressive politics: fossil fuels disinvestment versus actually doing something that might help
17 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: cap and trade, carbon tax, carbon trading, climate alarmism, expressive voting, fossil fuel disinvestment, global warming, rational irrationality, Robert Stavins
Yield of organic crops as percentage of conventional crops
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in environmental economics, environmentalism, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: agricultural economics, food snobs, organic farming
Yield of organic row crops as percentage of conventional
ganaderiayagro.blogspot.com/2015/05/organi… http://t.co/pjdbNEhvSH—
C. S. Prakash (@AgBioWorld) June 01, 2015
Why organic food costs more? -relative yield vs. conventional
ganaderiayagro.blogspot.com/2015/05/organi… http://t.co/xWcQiJoZ6K—
C. S. Prakash (@AgBioWorld) June 01, 2015
Improvements in life expectancy since 1900
15 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, environmental economics, health economics Tags: anti-vaccination movement, antiscience left, conspiracy theories, conspiracy theorists, life expectancy, Quacks, The Great Escape
Where was malaria once prevalent?
14 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: endemic diseases, global warming, infectious diseases, malaria, The Great Escape
Malaria was prevalent in Europe & USA
More in my Visual History of Global Health: OurWorldInData.org/VisualHistoryO… http://t.co/Fm21vXZJkS—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) June 08, 2015
Can anti-GMOs activists be trekkers?
13 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, health economics, TV shows Tags: GMOs antiscience left, star trek
Conspiracy theories versus the supply and demand for scientists who are approachable about their findings
11 Jun 2015 5 Comments
in environmental economics, health economics Tags: anti-vaccination movement, bribery and corruption, climate alarmists, conjecture and refutation, conspiracy theories, conspiracy theorists
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