The US government did not shut down in FY 2023. That is immensely unremarkable… But, I had a social media memory pop…
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AERE@SEA abstract submissions are open (a brief history of @AereOrg sessions at regional economics meetings)
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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 chairing the…
Have you ever known that person that has a ton of great ideas but never gets them done? That's the renewable energy industry
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From the WSJ (Investors Plow Into Renewables, but Projects Aren’t Getting Built):
Even as developers plan an unprecedented number of grid-scale…
Ummm, @PeterGleick, I addressed this 5,958 days ago: Free markets are, in fact, not free
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I’d like to give you two basic definitions of a free market and see which one you agree with: 1) Free market:…
I just learned that Jack Knetsch died back in August. Here is the obituary from Simon Fraser University:
Jack was a…
Where's my carbon dividend check!? Semi-coherent thoughts on the Inflation Reduction Act
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While teaching emissions control policies this last week to my undergraduates, I revisited my signature of the Economists’ Statement on Carbon Dividends…
Official youngest (and only) son of Env-Econ is a junior in college. He is currently taking his first econometrics class. I got…
Two economists walk into an AERE happy hour in New Orleans. One says, “Hey, are you and Economist 3 done providing that…
