Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change:William Nordhaus’ critique of discount rates
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of natural disasters, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: climate alarmism
A History of Earth’s Climate
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in economic history, environmental economics, global warming
Supremes Kick Kids Lawsuit Down the Road
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Last night the US Supreme justices refused the federal government’s petition to end the Oregon district court case. The media headlines will say this action allows the case to start, but that is not what happened. The real story concerns procedural hurdles and comes from Scotusblog, not from the green industry PR department (when did yellow journalism change colors?).
Everyone knows this issue will eventually come to the Supreme Court for a ruling. Some judges in black robes will take the heat for telling the truth about the case’s fatal legal flaws. So the Supremes will allow (not prevent) the lower courts to do their job to declare the suit out of bounds. All the while they know any lower ruling will be appealed by the losing side to the top later on.
As you will see, there are probably two more procedural maneuvers before the case can proceed to…
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5 Psychology Experiments You Couldn’t Do Today
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in economics of media and culture
The Dangers of Fiscal Policy
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in budget deficits, business cycles, fiscal policy, macroeconomics, monetary economics
French Tanks of World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR Special
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
4 Billion Years in Under 10 Minutes
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in economic history, economics of media and culture
ZERO-G Challenges of a Trip to Mars!
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in transport economics Tags: Mars, space
Molotov’s Heel on Finland and Nobody to Fight in the West – WW2 – 010 3 November 1939
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in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: World War II
Hans Rosling and the magic washing machine (2010)
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in development economics, economic growth, economic history Tags: The Great Enrichment
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