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Planet-sized problems collide in permitting debate

发表于 2026-11-10 permitting build bill

Efforts to fight climate change, conserve nature and build clean energy have long unfolded on competing tracks. Now, they're colliding — and exposing tough trad…

Nature’s Path: Arran and Ratana Stephens

发表于 2022-05-16 stephens ratana arran

Starting a business with your spouse can either bring you closer together or tear you apart. For Arran and Ratana Stephens, their business has lasted for nearly…

Daniel Botkin on Nature, the Environment and Global Warming

发表于 2007-11-26 ecologist warming botkin

Daniel Botkin, ecologist and author, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about how we think about our role as humans in the natural world, the dynamic nature …

Michael Munger on the Nature of the Firm

发表于 2008-01-14 exist firms fascinating

Mike Munger, of Duke University, talks about why firms exist. If prices and markets work so well (and they do) in steering economic resources, then why does so …

Stephen Marglin on Markets and Community

发表于 2008-03-10 associations marglin argues

Stephen Marglin of Harvard University and author of The Dismal Science: How Thinking Like an Economist Undermines Community talks with EconTalk host Russ Robert…

Alex Rosenberg on the Nature of Economics

发表于 2011-09-26 rosenberg scientific argues

Alex Rosenberg of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the scientific nature of economics. Rosenberg, a philosopher of science talks abou…

David Epstein on the Sports Gene

发表于 2013-09-23 advantage achieving david

David Epstein, writer for ProPublica and author of The Sports Gene, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the book. Epstein discusses a number of the idea…

Jonathan Haidt on the Righteous Mind

发表于 2014-01-20 ideology righteous interested

Jonathan Haidt of New York University and author of The Righteous Mind talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his book, the nature of human nature, and how…

Jesse Ausubel on Agriculture, Technology, and the Return of Nature

发表于 2015-08-24 cautious ausubel agriculture

Thousands of bears in New Jersey. Humpback whales near New York City. Acres devoted to farming stable or declining even as food production soars. Jesse Ausubel …

Andrew Gelman on Social Science, Small Samples, and the Garden of the Forking Paths

发表于 2017-03-20 larger forking gelman

Statistician, blogger, and author Andrew Gelman of Columbia University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the challenges facing psychologists and econo…