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The law of unintended conequences strikes close to home 27 Aug 2013 | 05:24 pm
I live in a snooty area. Why? Because the schools are outstanding. And I'm a snob (not really, but it's easier to say that than to explain the chain of events that lead to me living in a snooty area)...
Off-topic post: How dare you call us profitable! 27 Aug 2013 | 05:04 pm
First a little background for those who don't follow Major League Baseball (why don't you?): The Houston Astros are bad...really bad. The team is in the supposed process of rebuilding after moving to...
Daily Demand and Supply: A Commons Success 26 Aug 2013 | 09:38 pm
Lobster populations in Maine are booming like never before. Tourists readily dole out $15 or more for lobster rolls, those delectable morsels of seafood on a bun. And environmentalists have praised th...
Ashhole update 26 Aug 2013 | 08:41 pm
I wonder if any NC State economists think this one is exaggerated? Several dead or dying ash trees dot lawns along Canterbury Road, but only one has drawn the attention of Upper Arlington city arbori...
"The Harsh Economic Sting of the Beepocalypse" 26 Aug 2013 | 05:14 pm
Craig Newmark: OMG! What will we do when all the bees die? My suggestion: Don't worry. Like other apocalypic environmental disasters we've been warned about, this one, too, is 99.9% bogus. Work don....
Hey Jim, should we be worried about our policy professionals? 23 Aug 2013 | 11:44 pm
This morning we sent the following to the RESECON e-mail list: This is just our friendly (but late) beginning-of-the-semester reminder/request to take advantage of the myriad resources available at T...
Some people are bigger than others (and others are just plain small) 23 Aug 2013 | 09:24 pm
From the inbox in response to those things I've done (this and that): Fair enough. I'll enrich that discussion in the next version. Thanks, Arik I apologized for being cranky and Arik said "no ap...
"Q&A Re: Launch of New AERE Journal!" 23 Aug 2013 | 06:52 pm
I posted this not knowing that Tim scooped me by 1.5 hours so I'll sheepishly put it below the fold (it has already been retweeted and I don't want to lose the link). From the inbox: 1.What is the ....
SMDH* 23 Aug 2013 | 05:35 pm
The Lone Star state may be warning Elon Musk “Don’t mess with Texas” thanks to its newest Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) sales ban, but Musk doesn’t exactly seem to be running scared. In fact, his company just r...
Doing our part to promote the new Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (JAERE) despite our conspicuous absence from the... 23 Aug 2013 | 05:10 pm
From the inbox: 1.What is the title of the new journal? The new journal is called the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists(JAERE). This is no longer a placeholder. .....
