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Economics, People, Social issues

270 – Violence and economics 2

4 August, 201428 July, 2014 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

Last time I talked about the way that economic trade has contributed to reductions in certain types of violence. Another economics-related influence was the establishment

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Economics, People, Social issues

269 – Violence and economics 1

28 July, 20147 September, 2014 by David Pannell4 Min Reading

There is clear evidence that violence within and between human societies has decreased dramatically through the course of human history. What are the links between

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Agriculture, Economics, Environment, Natural resource management

268 – Conservation agriculture in developing countries

26 May, 201412 November, 2020 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

Is “Conservation Agriculture” really a win-win for farmers and the environment? It reduces the losses of soil and nutrients from agricultural land, but are farmers

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Climate change, Environment, Natural resource management, Policy, Politics, Water

267 – Budget 2014 and the environment

21 May, 201421 May, 2014 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

Last week’s budget included funding cuts to many areas of government, and the environment certainly was one of the areas to suffer. There were some

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Agriculture, Economics, Policy

266 – Supply and demand: The wool crisis

5 May, 201425 January, 2024 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

The wool crisis of 1990-91 was a spectacular case of economic mismanagement, where an industry inflicted massive costs on itself (and others) through acts of

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Climate change, Economics, Natural resource management, Policy, Politics

265 – Fossil fuel subsidies

21 April, 201420 April, 2014 by David Pannell3 Min Reading

Amidst all the discussions about carbon taxes and emissions trading schemes for mitigating climate change, we hear very little about fossil fuel subsidies. You’d be

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