Economic Thinking Posts on Debate Topics

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The Economics of Marine Resources

How best are marine natural resources to be protected, preserved, or developed?  What policy reforms at the  Federal level could protect marine ecosystems, enhance fisheries, and allow other uses like recreation and resource extraction? ...

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Economics of Space Exploration

The amazing, astounding really, story of space exploration.  Successful exploration of sea, air, and space depend upon institutions, incentives and innovation. Exploration has a rich and diverse history. Here is the first segment of...

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Monetary Nationalism: A Bad Idea at Home and Abroad Money, Markets and Sovereignty  by Benn Steil and Manuel Hinds Review by Lauren Blankenship My introduction to economics began with the principles of “sound money”...

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Reflections on Lou Carabini’s Inclined to Liberty by Andrada Busuioc I wrote the first introduction to this review after reading only a few chapters of Lou Carabini’s Inclined to Liberty.  Those chapters led me...

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Migration – like Tango – is a Paradoxical ‘Dance’ of Both Loss and Adventure by Cristina Tanase She has travelled to tango and tangoed to live: from her birth place, Bulgaria, to what she...

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Malcom Gladwell’s Outliers offers an entertaining mix of adventures across science, sports, culture studies, and statistics. Maybe some of the upbeat stories paint too rosy a picture of practice, computers, scholarships, and strong families...

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Global Cities and Economic Development

Notes on Global Cities, Geography, and Economic Development Gregory Rehmke, February 22, 2011 The Houston World Affairs Council invited me to give talks to Houston area teachers on Global Cities. In my notes below...