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284 – The world food price crisis of 2007

5 October, 201528 October, 2017 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

In 2007, the world prices for a number of important food commodities suddenly increased dramatically. Many reasons for the price hike were proposed at the

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Economics, Environment, Policy, Politics, Social issues

283 – Whose environmental values matter?

21 September, 201522 September, 2015 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

One of my pet issues is how to decide which the environment projects should receive public funding. One of the factors influencing this decision is

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Agriculture, Communication, Economics, Environment, Latest, Natural resource management

282 – MOOC reflections

14 September, 20153 June, 2020 by David Pannell7 Min Reading

You’ve probably heard of MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses). They emerged in 2012 and have grown rapidly in number and popularity. Most MOOCs are free

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Economics, Environment, Latest, Natural resource management, Water

281 – Ranking Environmental Projects Revisited

13 May, 201513 May, 2015 by David Pannell2 Min Reading

In 2013 I put out a set of 20 blog posts giving practical advice about ranking environmental projects. I’ve upgraded the consolidated report about this

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Economics, Environment, Latest, Policy, Politics

280 – Lomborg at UWA

19 April, 201521 April, 2015 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

The news of Bjorn Lomborg establishing the “Australian Consensus Centre” at the University of Western Australia has generated plenty of media attention and much discussion

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Economics, Latest, Research

279 – Garbage in, garbage out?

11 March, 201515 March, 2015 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

As the developer of various decision tools, I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve heard somebody say, in a grave, authoritative tone, “a

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