Economy

David Leonhardt reviews the successes (low unemployment) and failures (inflation) of President Biden’s economic team as it transitions in the NYT’s what…

From the local paper (Foothills Conservancy making progress to permanently protect iconic Blowing Rock view):  Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina announced significant…

I just finished reading Kirk Wallace Johnson’s The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and a Fight for Justice on the Gulf…

New York City will implement its first congestion charge program by the end of 2023… perhaps. The charge was passed in 2019…

Here I am presenting a paper on-campus for the second time that is going big-time at the Society for Benefit-Cost meeting in…

Happy 60th Birthday to Env-Econ co-founder John. Let’s all raise a cold one to the brains behind this operation (before he forgets…

From the inbox: The SSRN Processing Team has added the following comment to your submission, Count Data Models and the Problem of…

From a recent Pew Research Survey, greedy nationalistic capitalist Republicans don’t give a relative $&*^ about environmental issues compared to tree-hugging bleeding-heart…

Here are some Elvis lyrics*: Wise men sayOnly fools rush inBut I can’t help falling in love with you Your kisses lift…

From Reuters* (Biden to name Fed’s Lael Brainard as top economic adviser):  U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to name Federal Reserve…