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Daily Archive for January 11th, 2012

Climate Update

Posted in Environment on Jan 11th, 2012

I have followed one interested trend in the Climate Change debate, but not another until recently. The trend I have followed? Beginning with the First Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and running through the Fourth Assessment Report, economists have tried to estimate the expected damages due to expected future warming. While […]

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Greatest. Dedication. Ever.

Posted in ethical foundations, Flotsam and Jetsam on Jan 11th, 2012

OK, so maybe I am exaggerating a little. In the preface to Pricing the Future, author George Szpiro does what many of us only gnash our teeth about. Here is the excerpt: At this point in the preface, it is customary to have thank those who helped in the preparation of the book. Here I […]

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