“Senate Showdown: Budget Deal Includes $6B in Ukraine Aid
Senate Leaders Reaching Short-Term Budget Deal with $6 Billion in Ukraine Aid Washington, DC – On Tuesday, Senate leaders announced a short-term budget deal with $6 billion allocated for assistance for Ukraine. This deal sets up a showdown with the House
“House Reaches Milestone After Week of Republican Strife: Passing Essential Spending Measure
After several weeks of intense fighting within the Republican Party, the U.S. House of Representatives finally passed a crucial bill that helps fund the government for the next year. The bill was approved by a vote of 217-197 and will
Uncovering Newsom’s Past Connections to Hunter Biden: ‘Here’s My Direct Email’
California Governor Gavin Newsom has been in the news recently for vocally defending his long-standing personal and financial ties to Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden. This came to public attention after a lengthy article by the Los
“White House Unleashed: ‘Playing Partisan Games’ Amid Government Shutdown
The White House has released a strong statement in response to government shutdown deliberations, accusing house Democrats of 'playing partisan politics'. The statement was released Tuesday evening after both parties spent the day negotiating the potential end to the longest government
And you thought your Recreation.gov user fees were funding National Parks
Nope (As National Parks Visits Surge, Booz Allen Benefits): Visitors driving into Montana’s Glacier National Park this summer must buy a vehicle pass on Recreation.gov. The pass is free, but visitors pay a $2 fee to book the reservation. Visitors might assume
I ran Sarah Jacobson’s “Ore Money Ore Problems” resource extraction game in class yesterday @SarahJacobsonEc
Here is the abstract from the paper which is forthcoming in the Journal of Economic Education: Economic theories of the exploitation of depletable natural resources are built around a core model of intertemporal profit maximization that predicts that (barring unforeseen shocks)
Why do we keep getting the price of driving wrong?
For years I have railed about the need to get the price of driving right (too many posts to find and link, but here's a good one). Why, oh, why I cry, do we still keep finding needlessly complicated ways
We’re doomed: part 189
Or, at least salmon are doomed. From the NY Times (California Salmon Stocks Are Crashing. A Fishing Ban Looks Certain): This week, officials are expected to shut down all commercial and recreational salmon fishing off California for 2023. Much will be
OPEC+ teaches us that demand curves are downward sloping
From the NYTimes (In Surprise, OPEC Plus Announces Cut in Oil Production): Saudi Arabia, Russia and their oil-producing allies announced on Sunday that they would cut production by more than 1.2 million barrels of crude a day, or more than 1
Hatchery supported trout waters open Saturday*
From the local paper (Hatchery supported trout waters to open April 1): The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will open approximately 1,000 miles of Hatchery Supported Trout Waters at 7 a.m. on April 1. The season will run through Feb. 29, 2024. The