…spillovers are an externality, so the market outcome is not Pareto efficient. Marshallian spillovers provide a justification for infant industry protection. Krugman’s work on economic geography strongly strongly supports the…

…downstairs was too annoying… As I said to an NPR reporter on the Charleston, W VA, spill: West Virginia residents have — at least temporarily — flipped to a Third…

…power. Sounds a little bit like Peabody Coal . . . Notes and References: We Energies’ War on Its Solar Customers Advocates: Wisconsin solar fight could spill into other states…

…as inadequate. Yet it does not really make sense to compensate only those who lose their jobs directly to foreign competition, because those workers then spill into other sectors of…

…will result in economic loss, political instability, forced migration and many other impacts that will spill over to countries that are not immediately affected by climate. Fifth, there’s no need…

…to its bottom, but also in response to the Deepwater Horizon massive oil spill (2010), the “fiscal cliff” (end of 2012) and the GOP’s government shutdown (2013). That, ladies and…

…Council. • Mackinaw Tunnel: Lame Duck Republican Gov. Rick Snyder struck a tunnel agreement in October with the Canadian oil transport giant. The company would pay to build a $350-million…

…party providers will spill over into patients being billed more frequently for higher prices not accepted by insurance. UnitedHealthcare’s 27 million privately insured patients could face expensive and unexpected doctor…

…without the GM strike, the number would have been negative. But not nearly as negative as it was. For the record, both utilities and mining (including oil production) were also…

…major spill in November. That might be a one-off due to the GM strike. I have seen no reports at all for December yet. Hopefully we’ll get that number today,…