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The Miasma School of Economics

…— basically bad air emanating from smelly, unsanitary conditions, especially in poor areas with lots of leaking, overflowing basement cesspools full of shit. These were contaminating the water supply, of…

The Opposite of Bankrupt

…boats is a lousy metaphor because all boats sit on the top of the water, at the same level. Imagine instead that your wealth measures how far offshore you are….

Brad’s Draft Lecture

…2006, so I’m glad I didn’t read it. 2) Brad claims that fresh water economists have traction, are getting attention etc. I didn’t know that. I’d guess a lot of…

Money = Wind, Bush and Fox News?

…“few realize that electricity generation accounts for nearly half of all water withdrawals in the nation.” By 2030, wind would be cutting water consumption by 450 billion gallons a year,…

Drought…gets no respect

The drought monitor is a map over time of drought conditions in the US. The towns of Braintree, Hull, and others have declared water emergencies for use of water in…