…meta analysis of all published econometric studies of water and waste production in cities since 1965. Little support is found for a link between privatization and cost savings. Cost savings…

…to war. ht. Crooks and Liars  Patriotic GOP Blocks Veterans Benefits Bill!   – Exxon Mobil’s CEO has joined a lawsuit to stop construction of a water tower near his…

…the bath water.” The meaning is that we would still need loose monetary policy while we deal with other policies that directly benefit the rich. Well, loose monetary policy not…

…economics profession about Effective Demand. His views will not only challenge Fresh Water economists, but also Salt Water economists. (His talk starts at 9-minute mark.) His idea of Inverse Say’s…

…follows: 1) People mistake rivalry for scarcity. If one tribe excludes all the others from a water source, forces them to do their will to get water, there’s obviously scarcity,…

…water use which it is not the case. The problem is that there are only 12 to 13 billion hectares of land and water ecosystems productive enough to support economic…

Dan here… Gail is an actuary interested in finite world issues – oil depletion, natural gas depletion, water shortages, and climate change. Oil limits look very different from what most…

…point fact is that, as the report notes on page 503, long after the water boarding CIA employees repeated the claim that Abu Zubaydah ceased to cooperate before being water…

…drag the bottom of the swamp ponds, sweeping up all sorts of life: baby catfish, banded tilapia, tiny mouthbrooders, orange fish eggs, water bugs and the occasional green frog. [skip]…

…weapons-grade, the third stage, wouldn’t be possible until work was finished on a separate facility, the IR40 heavy-water reactor under construction at Arak. “We assess,” the memo said, “that this…