The Bad News About Nudges: They Might Be Backfiring
Public policy nudges devised by fans of behavioral scientst Richard Thaler might not be all that they are cracked up to be.
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Waste Watch: Fashion Stumbles on Sustainability
The fashion industry struggles to be more sustainable – is the answer more regulation, or can the industry reform on its own?
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On The Cusp Of War: Why Iran Won’t Fold
Is Iran in the midst of a “strategic surge”?
Read more...Plastic and Climate Change: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet
New CIEL study documents how plastic proliferation threatens the climate on a global scale.
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After Standing Rock, Protesting Pipelines Can Get You a Decade in Prison and $100K in Fines
Five states have enacted draconian laws after protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline generated national attention and inspired a wave of civil disobedience.
Read more...The Lost Ones: The Opportunities and Outcomes of White, Non-College-Educated Americans Born In The 1960s
This column shows that white, less-educated Americans born in the 1960s are worse off than the generation born 20 years previously, based on wage changes, increased medical costs, and shorter life expectancy. This disparity could be worth as much as $132,000.
Read more...The Federal Government Has Poured Millions into Failing Charter Schools in Louisiana
Another fiasco: charter schools in Louisiana.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 5/17/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA metals tariffs, Biden and Trump in PA, Sanders on charters, thinning the Dem field, AOC v Big Pharma, Obama legacy, leading indicators, consumer sentiment, e-commerce, Tesla, John Deere, the Old River Control Structure, citizen science, Grumpy Cat
Read more...How to Pay for the War
Updating a classic Keynes discussion of war financing for MMT and the Green New Deal.
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Gregory Travis and Marshall Auerback: Anatomy of a Disaster – Why Boeing Should Never Make Another Airplane, Again
Is Boeing itself on a crash course?
Read more...Peak Gasoline Vehicles Is Already Here
Some rare good news on the climate change front: a demand peak for gas guzzlers.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Subprime Bites – Auto-Loan Delinquencies Spike to Q3 2009 Level, Despite Strongest Labor Market in Years
A high level of auto-loan delinquencies challlenges the cheery spin the Fed and the financial press is putting on the state of the ecoomy.
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