- His Libraries, 12,000 So Far, Change Lives
- Biggest Jump Ever in Global Warming Pollution in 2010, Chinese CO2 Emissions Now Exceed U.S.’s By 50%. See also NBC’s Must-See TV: “Today No One Can Deny That Extreme Weather is Here to Stay” Thanks to Fossil-Fuel Driven Warming.
- Bleak Portrait of Poverty Is Off the Mark, Experts Say. (For Cartoon Macro)
- 7 Miners Rescued From China Mine, 50 Still Trapped: “China’s coal mines are the deadliest in the world, although the industry’s safety record has improved in recent years as smaller, illegal mines have been closed. Annual fatalities are now about one-third of the high of nearly 7,000 in 2002. “
- Shale Gas Revolution (fracking)
- Keystone XL: Game over? Includes discussion of fossil fuel reserves, including link to Nehring 2009.
- Amazon Lights the Fire With Free Books
- Whispers of Return to Drachma Grow Louder in Greek Crisis: “For most Greeks, including economists, adopting the euro was like marrying a dream spouse — beautiful, intelligent, caring, even rich,” he said. “And then, rather suddenly, the marriage turned into a nightmare.”
- The Once and Future Way to Run. Okay, maybe I need to take barefoot running more seriously. Of course, I don’t run 🙂
- Researchers Purge Cells That Drive Aging in Mice
- Jon Huntsman claims he’s fluent in Chinese. Is he?
- In China, Political Outsiders Turn to Microblog Campaigns. See also ‘Drunk’ Policeman’s Crash Sparks Protest in China and Where an Internet Joke Is Not Just a Joke. Also Taking Big Risks to See a Chinese Dissident Under House Arrest
- Hay Shortage Compounds Woe in Drought-Stricken Texas. See also Catastrophic Drought in Texas Causes Global Economic Ripples.
- Carbon pricing conference from the Walker Foundation
- A [Foreclosure] Deal That Wouldn’t Sting
- China Takes a Loss to Get Ahead in the Business of Fresh Water
- More Jobs Predicted for Machines, Not People
- Don’t Blink! The Hazards of Confidence, by Daniel Kahneman. More on him here: Who You Are
- Poetic Connections in Occupy Wall Street
- Voracious Mice Scramble Food Chain on California’s Farallon Islands
- Energy: Friend or Enemy? by William D. Nordhaus. “The need for taxes on energy externalities such as carbon emissions is central to our ability to reduce the harmful side effects of economic growth. It is striking how the political dialogue in the US has ignored a policy that has so many desirable features. Perhaps, in the near future, faced with the deadline of a dire economic situation, negotiators will formulate such a policy. It would generate substantial revenues while bringing so many long-run economic and environmental benefits. Simply put, externality taxes are the best fiscal instrument to employ at this time, in this country, and given the fiscal constraints faced by the US.”
- Morris Chafetz, 87, Dies; Altered View of Alcoholism: These views were reflected in his books “Liquor: The Servant of Man” (1965), “Why Drinking Can Be Good for You” (1965) and “Drink Moderately and Live Longer: Understanding the Good of Alcohol” (1995), written with his wife.
- Hayek: “The economic problem of society is thus not merely a problem of how to allocate “given” resources—if “given” is taken to mean given to a single mind which deliberately solves the problem set by these “data.” It is rather a problem of how to secure the best use of resources known to any of the members of society, for ends whose relative importance only these individuals know. Or, to put it briefly, it is a problem of the utilization of knowledge which is not given to anyone in its totality.”
- Farmers Facing Loss of Subsidy May Get New One
- XKCD on economics
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