Tag: economics
America’s dangerous love for pyrotechnics: 4 facts about fireworks
Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University
In the eyes of many Americans, the Fourth of July is a day for parades, barbecue and, of...
How following economics 101 could have prevented United’s PR nightmare
Volodymyr Bilotkach, Newcastle University
On April 9, a passenger was forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight from Chicago O’Hare to Louisville after...
Why cities should stop building museums and focus on festivals
Jonathan Wynn, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Last year the Institute of Museum and Library Services offered a catchy statistic: the United States has more museums...
2015, the year that was: economics and business
Bryan Keogh, The Conversation
As we approach 2016, we look back at the big stories of The Conversation’s economics and business coverage over the past...
In a water-scarce West of the future, who will be hit...
Lauren Foster
, Colorado School of Mines
This article is part of The Conversation’s series on drought. You can read the rest of the series here.
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This year’s economics Nobel is yet another triumph for the blackboard...
By David Spencer, University of Leeds
It’s that time of year again – when academic economics, thanks to the Nobel Prize announcements, is thrust into...
Britain’s love affair with cheap food could be coming to an...
By Tim Lang, City University London and Victoria Schoen, City University London
Political wrangling over food prices has a long history, and a difficult future....
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
