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Environment and Resource Economics is an interdisciplinary field that integrates economic analysis with ecological principles, addressing how natural resource scarcity, externalities and environmental ...

We’ve heard from local officials that converting 500+ acres of Enterprise South Nature Park into industrial land is necessary for job growth. But when you look at the actual economics, a very ...

Most economists subscribe to a belief in “positive economics,” which means that economic theory flows from economic data. Thus, all theory can be tested for ...

A new update to an influential economic theory called "Doughnut Economics" shows a global economy on a collision course with nature. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates.

Randall Morck of the Alberta School of Business says economists too often regard people as "dynamic, stochastic optimization ...

The study of the History of Economic Thought traces the evolution of economic ideas across centuries, from classical analyses of market dynamics and moral philosophy to contemporary methodological ...

Economics is a field that exists between scientific objectivity and subjective interpretation. Suppose a policymaker is trying to decide whether a proposed new tax is a good idea. One economist might ...

The world is waking up to the reality that Africa is not only a source of critical minerals, food, and energy, but one of the ...

Warwick Smith is a Research Director with the Centre for Policy Development and a Director of the Castlemaine Institute and the Castlemaine Community Investment Co-operative. A new update to an ...