7 Posts Tagged "Doing good"
PlasTax: the best kind of nudge
Posted on May 1st 2013 |
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Nudge is the best kind of book. It presents the type of head-slappingly obvious solutions to public policy problems that make you wonder why you needed a book to tell you about them in th ...
NYT Shortcuts: Recycling Helps, but don’t stop there
Posted on October 20th 2012 |
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New York Times Room for Debate: “Don’t just vote with your dollars. Vote.”
Posted on July 30th 2012 |
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My take on today's New York Times "Room for Debate" debate with Annie Leonard, Dara O'Rourke, Juliet Schor, and Zem Joaquin: Don't just vote with your dollars. Vote.
If you want to know whether “buying green” is the answer, ask any company that publicizes it ...
LA bans plastic bags, misses larger point
Posted on May 31st 2012 |
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Last week, Los Angeles banned plastic bags. That's good for the environment. Ask any seagull. It's also fairly coercive.
You can already see where this is going: No money in the w ...
Using Smart Economics at the Garrison Institute
Posted on March 12th 2012 |
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What economics has to say about saving the world. A whole lot.
On NPR’s Leonard Lopate Show
Posted on January 20th 2012 |
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From today’s NPR’s Leonard Lopate Show:
Gernot Wagner, economist at the Environmental Defense Fund explains why the things individuals do—buying local produce, eating less meat, bringing reusable bags to the grocery store—won’t end up making much o ...
For Young College Students, The Case for Economics
Posted on January 3rd 2012 |
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Five years ago, top Harvard College graduates flooded Wall Street. They were small cogs in a race-car engine, except the car was speeding over a cliff. It’s no wonder that today’s graduates are reconsidering their career choices.
They should start with economics.
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