You have a regulatory dispute when North Carolina’s hog farmers want to use their less costly manure lagoons while neighbors, objecting to the smells, want legal limits.…
Environment
Environmental economics looks at the positive and negative impact of growth. Especially focusing on marginal analysis and externalities, econlife looks at our current impact on the environment and our use of natural resources in the US and beyond.
When a Tesla Price Tells Us All We Need To Know
Just by looking at a $35,000 Tesla price, we can decide if Elon Musk is creating luxury vehicles or cars for the masses.…
Explaining Why We’ll Have New Hotel Shampoo Bottles
Describing why we’ll have new hotel shampoo bottles, Marriott, a hotel guest, and an economist would have different explanations.…
Why It’s Tough To Be a BFC (Bike-Friendly City)
Looking at the world’s most bike-friendly cities, you can see why only one city in the U.S. was among the top twenty in 2015 and none were there in 2017.…
The Waze Wars That Locals Were Losing
With more drivers using Waze and other traffic apps to avoid rush hour delays, local neighborhoods have begun to resist the disruption.…
Why Charismatic Animals Need More Conservation
A paradox explains why our concern for wildlife conservation might not extend to the charismatic animals we most care about.…
How Your Fish Can Signal Your Wealth
By purchasing an adult fish for thousands of dollars, the buyers of an Asian arowana were engaging in conspicuous consumption.…
What You Probably Don’t Know About Almonds
Whether looking at bees or tree shakers or water, we can see a lot of surprising activity through the supply and demand sides of almond markets.…
Four Fantastic Charts That Tell What We Need to Know About the Plastic Problem
Store by store, through one aisle that has 700 items, the Dutch supermarket chain Ekoplaza will support sustainability with plastics-free grocery shopping.…
The Lobster War Between Sweden and Maine
The future of North American lobster exports to the European Union was threatened when 32 “surly” reddish green lobsters were found in Scandinavian waters.…