A Thought Experiment Reflecting on Rio+30? Or, Merely the Result of Heat Stroke? Because I roam the desert a lot, the UV Index is something I pay attention to. It is an international standard that measures the strength of ultraviolet radiation
When we think of the economy we normally think of things like labor and capital. Labor is the workforce that enables our social and economic well-being. But there is also the thing economists call capital—in effect, the infrastructure, the machines,
It had been 0n my mind for some time. Picacho Peak is a fascinating and major focal point of the Arizona landscape, located perhaps 40 miles north of Tucson. I wanted to once again explore both the peak and its
A serious essay on the need to retire our old arguments and economic thinking. It is time that we, all of humanity, stopped using 18th-century economic paradigm(s) to solve vastly different 21st-century challenges. For starters, the global population has grown
In honor of my long-time colleague, mathematical physicist, and economist, but also a likely nominee for the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, Dr. Robert U. (“Bob”) Ayres, I call it the Blue-Green-Red Resource Squeeze on the American economy. It is
Yes… If we invest in a more productive infrastructure and a more energy-efficient economy (and as I’ve said before, if we retire our old arguments and thinking!) If we choose to run a business-as-usual investment and spending pattern over the
There is neither a law of physics nor economics that prevents us from quadrupling the productive use of energy and other resources. Rather, it is much more an issue of imagination and our political will to get it done.
– John A. “Skip” Laitner