Social Costs

Ending Planetary Socialism

Gernot Wagner | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Cap and Trade, Socialized, Climate Change, Carbon Emissions, Social Costs, Global Warming, Carbon Emissions Cost, Green News
Gernot Wagner

The point, of course, is not to give up, but instead to look for policy solutions that channel market forces in the right direction. Not because the market should be king, but because it all too often is.

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What is the Value of a Clean Future for the Gulf?

Erik Rothenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ursulaproject, Standards, Gulf Oil Spill, Social Risks, Healthy Gulf, Clean Energy, Environmental Risks, Externalities, True-Cost, Economic Risks, Economic Costs, Environmental Costs, True Cost, Social Costs, Environmental Clean-Up, Green News
Erik Rothenberg

According to estimates by the Flow Rate Technical Group, the team advising the government on the giant leak in the Gulf of Mexico, some 45-130 million...

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This Economy is a Real Killer

Peter Dreier | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Child Abuse, Social Indicators, Homicide, Human Costs, Suicide, Social Costs, Recession, Domestic Violence, Obama, Joblessness, Stimulus Plan, Healthy Living News
Peter Dreier

Every day, week, and month that the current recession continues, and even deepens, more people die, get seriously injured physically, and suffer emotional hardships that can scar them for life.

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