Is it bad business to engage in environmentally poor practices?

Here is an interesting article - Forests

A couple of CEOs on Energy

Yesterday, in class, I mentioned Jeff Immelt. Here is a piece from a few years ago - Immelt.

Here is another one from today's Fortune online. This time it is Fred Smith of FedEx.


So what are we waiting for???????

Interesting FishTale

This article is a great read for anyone interested in fisheries management.

Here's a loaded question (Just for fun)

What kind of a Republican do you want to be?

Greg Mankiw

or

Sarah Palin

Absolute Must Reads

There is no way anyone should teach a course on environmental economics and not assign these papers by Garrett Hardin and John Krutilla.

Enjoy!

The Problem of Social Cost

There are lots of interpretations of Coase out there - including, but not limited to, Kahn (your textbook author) chapter 3, Haab, and Friedman.

I figure, let's read it ourselves - The Problem of Social Cost.

What do you think he was trying to say?

Stavins for Thursday

Please read and comment by 8am Thursday.

The Myth of the Universal Market

The Myth of Simple Market Solutions

One last Myth