Interview with Mark Thoma

Angry Bear readers are familiar with Mark’s writings:

Mark Thoma is a macroeconomist and time-series econometrician at the University of Oregon. His research focuses on how monetary policy affects the economy, and he has also worked on political business cycle models. Mark is currently a fellow at The Century Foundation, a columnist at The Fiscal Times, an analyst at CBS MoneyWatch, and he blogs daily at Economist’s View.

In the interview, Mark discusses:

• What we can expect from gas prices this summer and beyond
• Why clean energy won’t see an dramatic investment rival, for now
• How political feasibility, not economic feasibility, drives the ethanol mandate
• Why the ethanol mandate might eventually be nixed
• How we weigh the free market against government intervention
• Why there is little momentum for a US-wide carbon market
• What we learned from the global financial crisis
• Why our best hope for strong economic growth is in exports

Energy – Balancing the Bonanza: Interview with Mark Thoma

http://oilprice.com/Interviews/Energy-and-Economic-Growth-Interview-with-Mark-Thoma.html