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Signs of Hope? Reflections on the Decades-Long Underestimation of Growth in Renewable Energy
By Stacey Yuen, with contributions by Dr. Brian Roach Two of the world’s most renowned energy agencies, the US Energy Read more

Getting to Net Zero: Can We Do It?
By Stacey Yuen In advance of the upcoming November climate summit in Glasgow, President Joe Biden has pledged to slash Read more

Harmonizing the Economy with the Environment: Teaching Modules for a New Approach
By Mohish Agrawal There is increasing demand for an economics curriculum that accounts for the importance of environmental issues such Read more

Competition or Cooperation? Understanding Human Behavior in Economic Analysis
By Dr. Tim Thornton Anybody familiar with economics, particularly with how economics is taught, will know full well how self-interest Read more

Economics, Ecological Restoration and Systems Change: A Conversation with Neva Goodwin
By Stacey Yuen Urgent policy shifts and economic restructuring are critical for forestalling a climate disaster, but what does the Read more

Putting Women’s Work in Context: What Mainstream Economics Misses About Gender
By Stacey Yuen The tendency of mainstream economics to focus almost exclusively on market activities suggests a fundamental problem with Read more

Men’s Migration and Women’s Lives: Evidence from Nepal
By Pratistha Joshi Rajkarnikar With over 272 million individuals living outside their countries of birth, migration has become one of Read more

Shifting Paradigms: Embedding the Economy in Nature
By Maneesha Kaur There is a specter haunting the field of economics, and it’s climate change. More often than not, Read more

The Problem With the Way Economists Are Educated
By Dr. Tim Thornton Economics is unique, for in no other discipline do students so regularly rebel against the content Read more