Category: THE PUBLIC ECONOMY

Macroeconomic Measurement: Environmental and Social Dimensions

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By Pratistha Rajkarnikar, Neva Goodwin and Brian Roach This module, drawn from the fifth chapter of Macroeconomics in Context, presents an overview of innovations in national accounting related to measuring well-being. The module describes satellite accounts for the environment, methods of counting household production and the construction of well-being indicators such as the Genuine Progress Indicator, […]

Tags: 2024, Brian Roach, economic analysis, Genuine Progress Indicator, Human Development Index, Neva Goodwin, Pratistha Rajkarnikar, the Better Life Index, well-being

Consumption and the Consumer Society

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By Brian Roach, Neva Goodwin and Julie A. Nelson This module presents material drawn from Chapter 8 of Microeconomics in Context, 5th edition, to explore the various motivations behind consumer behavior. The historical development of the “consumer society” is summarized, including a discussion of the institutions underlying mass consumerism. The relationship between consumption and well-being is surveyed, […]

Tags: 2024, Brian Roach, consumer society, consumerism, consumption, development, economic analysis, Julie A. Nelson, macroeconomic, Neva Goodwin

Sekera and Lichtenberger’s Paper on Carbon Capture and Public Policy Published in Biophysical Economics and Sustainability

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In a recently published paper, June Sekera, Senior Research Fellow at BU’s Global Development Policy Center and her collaborator from The New School, Andreas Lichtenberger, reviewed the literature on carbon dioxide removal and found that the use of public funds to subsidize industrial-chemical methods is often counterproductive. The paper analyzes the flawed premises upon which […]

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Sekera’s article “Carbon Cleanup: The Public is Paying, But Who is Profiting?” published in Handelsblatt

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In an article, published in the German newspaper Handelsblatt, Subventionen für CO2-Abscheidung sind verschwendetes Geld, ECI Senior Research Fellow June Sekera dissects the premises and promises of industrial-chemical methods of carbon capture. An English version of the originally-submitted article is at: Carbon Cleanup: The Public is Paying, but Who is Profiting?

Tags: carbon-cleanup, environment, june-sekera, Sekera

The Carbon Capture Conundrum: Public Need vs Private Gain (Full Report)

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By June Sekera and Andreas Lichtenberger Assessing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Reduction from a Public Policy Perspective: A Review of the Literature, February 2020

Tags: 2020, environment, environment-and-sustainable-development, june-sekera, Lichtenberger, Sekera, sustainability, the-public-economy, working paper

The Carbon Capture Conundrum: Public Need vs Private Gain (Executive Summary for Policy Makers)

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By June Sekera and Andreas Lichtenberger Assessing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Reduction from a Public Policy Perspective: A Review of the Literature, February 2020

Tags: 2020, environment-and-sustainable-development, june-sekera, Lichtenberger, Sekera, sustainability, the-public-economy, working paper