Economic Thinking Posts on Debate Topics

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End Ethanol/Biofuel and Fossil Fuel Subsidies

My 2018 MasterResource article Environmental Accounting and Green Subsidies: The Biofuels Mistake (December 4. 2018), was written for a World Schools motion calling for “environmental cost accounting.” For this year’s federal energy policy topic,...

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Local Grids for Energy and Education

Maybe it sounds crazy for families to generate their own electricity. Why not just rely on the local electric utility monopoly for power? Well, for one thing, monopolies (single providers) tend to have higher...