Politics

I presented a paper at the SBCA meetings yesterday. The study was internally funded so I've been asked to present on-campus a couple of times. I started out with Google Slides for some reason (we're a Google campus but that

This is the first in-person SBCA conference since 2019 following a cancelled 2020 conference and online conferences in 2021 and 2022. I organized two sessions on environmental nonmarket valuation and, in my opinion, they turned out great.  The sessions were put

By now most know of the train derailment in East Palestine (pronounced pal-uh-steen), Ohio and the ensuing decision to burn the chemicals spilling from the train rather than wait for a potentially more disastrous--and perhaps more lethal--explosion. What is not

Yesterday I spent 2 hours revising a final version of this paper so that we can say it is "forthcoming" in Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy. Here is Figure 1:

Here is what I accomplished (about 2 weeks ago)

If I hear 'woke' used as a slur one more time

From Marginal Revolution University's Women in Economics: via Twitter: @Laurent Franckx

David Leonhardt reviews the successes (low unemployment) and failures (inflation) of President Biden's economic team as it transitions in the NYT's what I think used to be called the the Morning Brief but now it is The Morning. After mentioning

From the local paper (Foothills Conservancy making progress to permanently protect iconic Blowing Rock view):  Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina announced significant progress toward the purchase and permanent protection of a 332-acre parcel of land in Blowing Rock that contains the