Emissions of greenhouse gases linked with global climate change are affected by diverse aspects of economic activity, including individual…
The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill posed near-term economic risks to the Gulf of Mexico region and raised questions about appropriate…
In his celebrated essay “The Quagmire Myth and the Stalemate Machine”, published in 1972, Daniel Ellsberg drew out the lesson regarding the…
Three years have passed since the financial crisis of 2008, and unemployment rates remain painfully high. As of August 2011, America…
This paper identifies emerging trends in the world economy during the next decade. The first is that China will overtake the U.S. in terms…
The 2011 Technical Panel on Assumptions and Methods was convened by the Social Security
Advisory Board in September 2010 to review the…
Economic activity can damage natural systems and reduce the flow of ecosystem services. The harms can be substantial, as our case studies…
We measure how receiving information about coworkers’ savings behavior affects recipients’ savings choices. Low-saving employees were sent…
States have banned smoking in workplaces, restaurants, and bars. They have increased tobacco tax rates, extended “clean air” laws, and…