Dammit, Paul! We don’t talk like that in public.

Paul Collier, an economist, has an article in Guardian UK today that makes a case for climate change. It’s not what you might think. The headline says enough to draw my attention: I don’t buy economists’ case for fighting climate change- the orthodox rationale fails to chime with most people’s ethical motivation for action to [...]

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Some links

Game Theory got one right! Maybe the free market doesn’t provide the best incentives… Greenspan learns that individual integrity cannot be a subsitute for government regulation Fred Block wants socialized investment. Humanities need to put up or shut up- sound familiar? Environmental Economics vs. Environmentalism …and… a reasoned mediation

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Cartoon Roundup

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A Little Game…

Try replacing “scientists” with “economists.” Go! “Some scientists want to influence policy in a certain direction and still be able to claim to be above politics,” Dr. Pielke says. “So they engage in what I call ‘stealth issue advocacy’ by smuggling political arguments into putative scientific ones.” From this article about Obama’s new science team.

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French conservatism

France is overhauling its ag policies big time. Paris announced that from next year it would confiscate over 20 per cent of the billions of euros of European taxpayers’ money paid to its ranch-like cereals farms and divert the cash to hill farmers, grazing land, shepherds and organic agriculture. The announcement brings to an end [...]

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The Unsexy Economy and Art Auction Rebound

Financial Crisis Fashion Art Auction Turnabout

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Available Online For Free

From Wooster

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The Pro Market Revolution

Here is a rant by cnbc market correspondent Rick Santelli and a few reactions from blogs. Note Charles Lemos’ shout out to ND

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Bailout

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Teaching Capitalism

Theme park in Spain with quite an interesting “theme”

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