Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings
Economics of the Environment, Seventh Edition is a compendium of the best, most timely articles by a dream team of environmental economists, together with an original introductory chapter by the edito
Research
Development Incentives That Make Sense
The lesson from New York City's experience with Amazon: There are smarter ways to attract businesses than just dangling tax breaks.
Should Bold Ideas Drown Out Old Ideas?
Radical ideas are not unusual in the early stages of a US presidential election campaign, but many of the Democratic candidates for 2020 are advocating unrealistic policies.
Descriptive Norms and Gender Diversity: Reactance from Men
Descriptive norms provide social information on others’ typical behaviors and have been shown to lead to prescriptive outcomes by “nudging” individuals towards norm compliance in numerous settings.
Human Rights, Artificial Intelligence and Heideggerian Technoskepticism: The Long (Worrisome?) View
My concern is with the impact of Artificial Intelligence on human rights. I first identify two presumptions about ethics-and-AI we should make only with appropriate qualifications.
Data and the Human Side of Criminal Justice
As a project in Long Beach demonstrates, treating people as individuals rather than as statistics can yield big benefits.
The Future is a Moving Target: Predicting Political Instability
Previous research by Goldstone et al. (2010) generated a highly accurate predictive model of state-level political instability.
Pence and Biden in Munich: Stark Contrast Shows How Trump is Ruining Relations with Europe
As a former U.S. ambassador to NATO, I left the Munich Security Conference concerned that we are witnessing the most worrisome division across the Atlantic in memory.
Economics After Neoliberalism
Contemporary economics is finally breaking free from its market fetishism, offering plenty of tools we can use to make society more inclusive.
How (and How Not) to Talk About the Israel Lobby
The recent uproar over Rep. Ilhan Omar’s tweets criticizing the conduct of Israel’s government and its U.S.
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