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Why the Correct Answer to “What Should we do About Slowing Growth?” is “Nothing.”
There has been a lot of agonizing lately about slowing economic growth. Some of it understandably laments the slow recovery from the Great Recession, but the more interesting part concerns long-term growth prospects. Brad DeLong has recently written a thorough review of the stagnation literature under the title “Is Economic Growth Getting Harder? If so, ... Read more
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Living with Water Scarcity: A Refreshing Take on a Hot-Button Issue
Review of David Zetland, Living with Water Scarcity, Aguanomics Press, 2014 Whether it’s cowboys facing off over a muddy water hole in an old Western, or the dirty looks you get if you fill your supermarket basket with bottled water, no one ever denied that people feel strongly about water. David Zetland’s new book, Living ... Read more