Economy
Hotelling’s switch point just got later
Hotelling's Rule is a theory of nonrenewable natural resources that says that prices of such resources will rise at the...
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Episodic Release in Ohio: Train Derailment Forces Controlled Burn of Toxic Chemicals
From NPR on February 8th (Residents can return home after crews burned chemicals in derailed tanker cars): "About 50 cars,...
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If you need an example of a negative externality for your class today then here is a good one from NOAA
From NOAA Research News (One facility makes a big contribution to Salt Lake’s winter brown cloud): The 2.4 million people...
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The (horrible) gift of government shutdowns?
The US government did not shut down in FY 2023. That is immensely unremarkable... But, I had a social media...
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Dawn of AI: Is ChatGPT autonomously sending emails now?
From the inbox: Dear Dr., We hope this email finds you well. While browsing the internet, we came across...
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AERE@SEA abstract submissions are open (a brief history of @AereOrg sessions at regional economics meetings)
Here is the link: https://aere.memberclicks.net/conference---sea. The deadline is the end of February. For the first time since 2006 I'm not...
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Have you ever known that person that has a ton of great ideas but never gets them done? That’s the renewable energy industry
From the WSJ (Investors Plow Into Renewables, but Projects Aren’t Getting Built): Even as developers plan an unprecedented number of...
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Ummm, @PeterGleick, I addressed this 5,958 days ago: Free markets are, in fact, not free
"Dr. Peter Gleick is a leading scientist, innovator, and communicator on global water and climate issues." He is also a...
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Jack Knetsch: 1933-2022
I just learned that Jack Knetsch died back in August. Here is the obituary from Simon Fraser University: Jack was...
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Where’s my carbon dividend check!? Semi-coherent thoughts on the Inflation Reduction Act
While teaching emissions control policies this last week to my undergraduates, I revisited my signature of the Economists’ Statement on...
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