Economic Thinking Posts on Debate Topics
This is part two of a draft presentation for students considering the marine natural resources debate resolution. I discuss fisheries, technology, and property rights. Near the beginning, discussing substitutes, I mean to say that...
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? ...
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...
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”...
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...
Below are links to video segments for Economic Thinking workshop. The United Nations tries to accomplish many things, and a central one is to promote prosperity and economic development in the poorer countries of...
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...
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...
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...
Ideas for books and articles on ancient history :The Greeks by H. D. F. Kitto Kitto’s The Greeks was a text for a graduate class in Greek Art I took at the University of St. Thomas...