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Biotechnology And The Environment: Issues And Linkages, Sandra S. Batie, David E. Ervin
Biotechnology And The Environment: Issues And Linkages, Sandra S. Batie, David E. Ervin
Economics Faculty Publications and Presentations
The rapidity of change has left scant opportunity for investigation of the consequences of biotechnology adoption on long-term ecosystem or economic system functioning. Economic theory suggests that, if the "Biotechnology Revolution" is left to market forces alone, there will be neglected public goods. Theory and limited empirical evidence suggests that there are significant incentives for private firms to discount and neglect negative environmental impacts and to develop products that meet only the needs of those able and willing to pay. Negative distributional impacts on rural societies and economies will not normally enter the private calculus nor will the long-term problems …
An Informal Review Of The Crisis Of Global Capitalism: A Letter To George Soros, Martin Zwick
An Informal Review Of The Crisis Of Global Capitalism: A Letter To George Soros, Martin Zwick
Systems Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
The author presents a review and critique of George Soros' The Crisis in Global Capiltalism, published by Public Affairs press in 1998, and attempts to draw attention to systems-theoretic ideas that pertain to the arguments proposed by Soros.
Climate, Water Navigability, And Economic Development, Andrew D. Mellinger, Jeffrey D. Sachs, John Luke Gallup
Climate, Water Navigability, And Economic Development, Andrew D. Mellinger, Jeffrey D. Sachs, John Luke Gallup
Economics Faculty Publications and Presentations
Geographic information systems (GIS) data was used on a global scale to examine the relationship between climate (ecozones), water navigability, and economic development in terms of GDP per capita. GDP per capita and the spatial density of economic activity measured as GDP per km2 are high in temperate ecozones and in regions proximate to the sea (within 100 km of the ocean or a sea-navigable waterway). Temperate ecozones proximate to the sea account for 8 percent of the world’s inhabited land area, 23 percent of the world’s population, and 53 percent of the world’s GDP. The GDP densities in temperate …