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Agriculture, Economics

222 – Technology versus labour in agriculture

26 August, 201231 August, 2012 by David Pannell3 Min Reading

A key component of the transition from agriculture-based economies to industrial and service-based economies is the substitution of new technologies for labour in agriculture. This

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Economics, Environment, Natural resource management

221 – Valuing environmental intangibles, part 4: The upshot

22 July, 201222 July, 2012 by David Pannell6 Min Reading

In Part 2 I argued that information about environmental values is essential for making good decisions about how to spend the money in environmental programs.

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Economics, Environment, Latest, Natural resource management

220 – Valuing environmental intangibles, part 3: The cons

8 July, 20129 July, 2012 by David Pannell8 Min Reading

Criticisms that have been leveled at survey-based methods for putting dollar values on the environment include: that the results have been shown to be inaccurate

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Economics, Environment, Latest, Natural resource management

219 – Valuing environmental intangibles, part 2: The pro’s

1 July, 20122 September, 2025 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

Why is it a good idea to estimate the dollar values of environmental benefits? To help with decision making about public investment in environmental projects,

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Economics, Environment, Latest, Natural resource management

218 – Valuing environmental intangibles, part 1: The options

26 June, 201226 June, 2012 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

The idea of putting dollar values on intangible environmental benefits seems to polarise people. At one end of the spectrum, some believe it’s of critical

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Economics, Latest, Policy

217 – Artificial scarcity

18 June, 201230 June, 2012 by David Pannell5 Min Reading

Everybody knows that as a good becomes scarcer, its price is likely to go up. Scarcity can be a natural phenomenon, or can be induced

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