Weekly Economic News Roundup and relocating communities
Environment
Why Swiss Villagers and Panamanian Islanders Have the Same Worry

While a collapsing mountain appears to affect just nearby people, it really is about the universal dilemma of relocating communities.

economic news roundup and banana emissions
tradeoffs
What We Can Learn From a Banana

We could use the banana as a benchmark for our carbon impact. While The Economist showed us how, it’s really all about opportunity cost. Banana Emissions Benchmarks let us judge another good or service by comparing the two. Investment advisors…

weekly economic news roundup and Bethel's junk
Environment
Why COP27 Should Have Looked at Bethel, Alaska

Whether looking at Bethel’s junk or the earth, we see a finite area from which it is tough to haul away all of the garbage.

Weekly Economic News Roundup and food insecurity
Developing Economies
The Many Sides of African Food Insecurity

In a new paper, the IMF describes the prevalence of sub-Saharan food insecurity, its causes, and what needs to be targeted to diminish it.

Weekly Economic News Roundup and India's AC dilemmas
Uncategorized
India’s AC Tradeoffs

When we combine a record breaking heat wave in India with an increasingly affluent population, we wind up with AC dilemmas.

weekly economic news roundup and Bethel's junk
Environment
The City That Still Has to Keep Its Garbage

Whether looking at Bethel’s junk or the earth, we see a finite area from which it is tough to haul away all of the garbage.

COP26 carbon footprint
Environment
An Unexpected Carbon Footprint at the Global Climate Summit

Displaying how tough it is to be “green,” the carbon footprint at the COP26 Glasgow climate summit was not carbon neutral.

weekly economic news roundup and lobster fishing dispute
Regulatory Policy
A Land and Lobster War

A disputed island and the surrounding Grey Zone add up to a lobster war with conflicting lobster regulation between the U.S. and Canada.

Arizona wtaer supply
Environment
Why Cows Need Face Masks

As a source of the world’s methane, cow emissions have been a focus for researchers trying to reduce their burps.

Weekly Economic News Roundup and electricity use and climate change
Environment
What We Should Know About 58.3 degrees

We could call 58.3°F the Goldilocks temperature. It’s not too hot, not too cold, but just right. An IMF paper explained why we need to know this. Electricity Use The study In a recent working paper, an IMF economist hypothesizes…

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