There is something unsettling about paying for information. It’s so intangible, but it can sometimes be valuable. How valuable? The answer has to be case-specific,
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read more“Public goods, “public benefits and “private benefits” are concepts clouded in confusion. “Public good” has specific technical meanings in economics that don’t exactly coincide with
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read moreIn Pannell Discussion 18, I touched on the need to select a clear objective when tackling a complex decision problem. Without a well-defined and well-considered
read moreI’m something of an Olympics tragic. The Athens Games provided plenty of the right sort of drug to feed my addiction: wonderful performances, surprises, disappointments,
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