From David Romer’s graduate macroeconomics textbook
Why @jamespeshaw is afraid to commission an estimate of the cost of #globalwarming as a percentage of NZ GDP @mfe_news
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in applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - New Zealand Tags: climate alarmism
Will We Ever Find and Understand Extraterrestrial Messages ?
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in economics of media and culture Tags: space
The Real Wage Gap Number Revealed
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in discrimination, economics of education, gender, health and safety, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap
Human Garden Gnome (Weird Jobs in History)
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in economic history, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice
Cat names that get your cat’s attention – what should I name my cat?
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Goats Climbing on a Near-Vertical Dam | National Geographic
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in economics of media and culture
Why consider the lighthouse a public good?
06 Jan 2019 Leave a comment
I know I talk about lighthouses a lot. This is because they are economically relevant. They are the penultimate example of public goods and they underlie all positive (i.e. scientific) justifications for state-provision of public goods. However, economic theory has whitewashed the history of the lighthouse in order to make this case. In reality, the lighthouse never was a public good and it never was, before the 19th century, the main way of providing maritime safety. Alongside Rosolino Candela, in a new working paper, I provide a ton of historical evidence showing that it was a complement to private goods and services such as pilotage and ballastage. Because it was a complement to other goods, it could be privately provided through bundling. That option was prohibited, however, by rent-seeking and monopoly privileges granted to firms/guilds involved in the production of the private goods that could (and did) produce lighthouses and…
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Kids Climate Case to be Appealed Before Trial
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A monkey wrench in the Works.
Previous posts have followed the twists and turns of the lawsuit Juliana vs. US, initiated and funded by Our Children’s Trust. In November the Supreme Court signaled their desire that lower courts rein in the scope of the lawsuit. The District Court backed off and now the Ninth Circuit Court will take up the appeal in advance of any trial activity. The significance and implications are described in an article by Karen Savage at Climate Liability News Appeals Court OKs Pre-Trial Appeal of Kids Climate Case, Siding With Government Excerpts in italics with my bolds.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has granted a petition by the Trump administration for a rare pre-trial appeal in the landmark constitutional climate lawsuit, Juliana v. United States. The appeals court agreed to the interlocutory appeal, which leaves the future progress of the case unclear.
Generally, interlocutory appeals…
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@greenpeace @oxfamnz lacks the moral fortitude to fight indoor air pollution because the solution is LPG stoves and electrification
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in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: indoor air pollution
A gender gap @oxfamnz @Greenpeace and @Amnesty will never campaign against; they would rather fall on their bicycle pumps than mention the solution
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in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics
28 April 18, PM Modi announced that India had ahead of schedule provided electricity to every village: @Greenpeace @Oxfam boos?
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in development economics, energy economics, entrepreneurship
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