Talkin’ about Globalization

So yes, I’ve been off of the blog for awhile. I got busy with school, and in a sense burned out with respect to thinking about things. Oh yeah – I got into a PhD program for Economics, which is preeeetty exciting. It’s also crazy time-consuming and brain-busting. Anyway, reading this op-ed by Friedman today … Continue reading →

Farm subsidies? No thank you.

this is what i’ve been sayin for years! Who Eats Cotton Anyway? Among the many interesting points made in this article, I like two in particular: 1: “However, nearly all subsidies go to growers of just five crops: wheat, cotton, corn, soybeans and rice. By contrast, fruit, vegetable, livestock and poultry operations receive nearly nothing, … Continue reading →

Intersecting Problems

Another reason I love economics so much: everything is related to everything.  For example, today I discuss the fact that: our government is encouraging surpluses, and then forcing us to eat it instead of changing how things are done. I mean that figuratively and literally.  This time I am specifically focusing on subsidies to corporate … Continue reading →

environment & economics

“But while developing nations are unwilling to sacrifice their economic growth for climate there is every reason to believe they would be happy to power it through cheap low-carbon alternatives”  (Ted Nordhaus & Michael Shellenberger, citing) To me, this sort of sums up the conflict that I frequently face(d) as an economics-student-with-an-affinity-for-holistic-approaches: if “we” (generally … Continue reading →

two more responses to toolbox

As I continued reading the introduction to the Toolbox, I jotted down these quick responses to some of the sub-sections within the chapter.  They’re presented a little informally – just how I wrote them at the time. .one. response to “autonomous communities” section: yes, it’s great and all to idealize little communities that share everything… … Continue reading →