BigThink features a video by Mark Tercek of The Nature Conservancy, titled Green Infrastructure Outperforms Gray. I thought it might be about bicycle paths vs. roads or forests vs. gravel pits. Instead, the topic...
It is true that hydraulic fracturing causes irreversible environmental damage. But also true that the damage is thousands of feet down, well below the water table. Gravel pits cause irreversible environmental damage blasting, digging,...
Eco-nomics by Richard L. Stroup Review by Lauren Blankenship If you asked most people what they think of capitalism, they will likely Look Inside on Amazon… conjure images of the little man from the Monopoly game exploiting...
Michael McConnell, in his Yale Law Journal article “Reconsidering Citizens United as a Press Clause Case,” notes both leading politicians and the press strongly opposed the Supreme Court decision: The President of the United...
The world’s oceans hold many treasures. As students debate reforming marine natural resource policy, should policy for sunken treasures be included? The Economist’s March 2013 article “Fortunes ahoy” reports on various disputes over recovering...
But it is important that the conservation community and the public learn to think skeptically about messages of a forthcoming apocalypse as well as about messages of “everything is wonderful.” — Peter Karelva, Nature...
Could election law reforms improve the quality of governance? Critics say voters have limited incentives to learn about candidates and the policies they advocate. So how likely are voters to elect smarter government? This...
Researching marine natural resource policies for an Economic Thinking workshop in Huntsville, I surfed into Alabama’s entrepreneurial artificial reef program. Alabama’s limited coastline is listed as just 53 miles, except on the Encyclopedia of...
Rather than holding elections, did America’s Founders consider drawing lots for positions of political authority? Probably not, but the Founders did study history and the strengths and weaknesses of political systems in early republics....
Guest post by Kyle Jackson, from his presentation at an Economic Thinking workshop. Public Choice is the study of political behavior through the lens of economic theory. When studying economic questions, we assume individuals are...
