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The economics of e-waste

The economics of e-waste

The European Union and Japan, among others, are trying to encourage e-waste recycling to happen by passing laws that incentivize manufacturers to fund recycling efforts. How do e-waste companies make money? * The money in e-waste (electronic waste) literally boils down to stripping old electronics of the precious metals it takes

The Dasgupta Review offers economically viable solutions for combating climate change

The Dasgupta Review offers economically viable solutions for combating climate change

Some of these changes will be relatively painless for society, while others will undoubtedly strike even the most concerned citizens as radical. In the recently published report, “The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review,” Indian-British economist and professor Sir Partha Dasgupta seeks to both diagnose and solve the climate change

The Dasgupta Review urges us to rethink the economics of climate change and nature

The Dasgupta Review urges us to rethink the economics of climate change and nature

The Dasgupta Review posits that addressing climate change will require a fundamental reconsideration of the natural world, or, in the economic terms of the report, “natural capital.” On February 2, Indian-British economist and professor Sir Partha Dasgupta published “The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review.” More than a standard examination

The effect of Trump’s economic policies on his base, explained

The effect of Trump’s economic policies on his base, explained

President Donald Trump’s first term economic agenda has been dominated by a trade war with China, massive tax cuts and, now, the response to the coronavirus pandemic. These events have had a profound impact on the president’s base. As the end of his first presidential term grows closer,

Understanding the legacy of “Trickle-Down Economics”

Understanding the legacy of “Trickle-Down Economics”

Though originally a criticism of the economic policies of President Ronald Reagan, “trickle-down economics” is now the phrase most commonly associated with the supply-side economic theory that underpinned so-called “Reaganomics.” It has become so ingrained in the culture that even the current Trump administration has used the phrase positively when

What are the economic consequences of race-related rioting

What are the economic consequences of race-related rioting?

In late May, after Black Lives Matter protests first took place in response to the police killing of George Floyd, violence and rioting broke out in Floyd’s hometown of Minneapolis and elsewhere. Coverage of the unrest framed the violence as either a perversion of the protests or an unrelated