News tagged with economic
Who will pick up the bill? Possible job cuts and revenue loss as a result of ocean acidification
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Ocean acidification, a direct result of increased CO2 emission, is set to change the Earth's marine ecosystems forever and may have a direct impact on our economy, resulting in substantial revenue declines and job losses.
Second Law of Thermodynamics May Explain Economic Evolution
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Terms such as the "invisible hand," laissez-faire policy, and free-market principles suggest that economic growth and decline in capitalist societies seem to be somehow self-regulated. Now, ...
Britons offered cash grants to buy electric cars
Apr 16, 2009 |
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British motorists could receive up to 5,000 pounds (5,700 euros, 7,500 dollars) if they buy an electric car under government proposals unveiled Thursday.
Fossil fuel CO2 emissions up by 29 percent since 2000
Nov 17, 2009 |
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The strongest evidence yet that the rise in atmospheric CO2 emissions continues to outstrip the ability of the world's natural 'sinks' to absorb carbon is published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience. ...
Are socialists happier than capitalists?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 09, 2009 |
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Driven by a decline in satisfaction with work life and family life, overall well-being initially plummeted in countries directly affected by the fall of the Iron Curtain, reveals an important new study.
Inequality, 'silver spoon' effect found in ancient societies
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 29, 2009 |
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The so-called "silver spoon" effect -- in which wealth is passed down from one generation to another -- is well established in some of the world's most ancient economies, according to an international study coordinated by ...
Obama unveils historic power grid reform
Oct 27, 2009 |
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President Barack Obama Tuesday announced the largest modernization of the US electricity grid in history, in a 3.4-billion-dollar bid to launch a new era of renewable energy consumption.
Zero tolerance, zero effect: Stats show laws 'inert'
Sep 16, 2009 |
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As college administrators, social scientists and law enforcement officials across the country continue to debate whether the drinking age should be 18 instead of 21, a Sam Houston State University economist challenges a related ...
'Blue energy' seems feasible and offers considerable benefits
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Generating energy on a large scale by mixing salt and fresh water is both technically possible and practical. The worldwide potential for this clean form of energy - 'blue energy' or 'blue electricity' - is enormous. However, ...
Defying recession, Japan's green cars surge in popularity
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Defying the worst recession in decades, green cars in Japan are gaining ground against conventional gas-guzzlers, offering automakers hope of re-energising a flagging domestic market.
People with higher IQs make wiser economic choices, study finds
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 27, 2009 |
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People with higher measures of cognitive ability are more likely to make good choices in several different types of economic decisions, according to a new study with researchers from the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities ...
Hoover's pro-labor stance helped cause Great Depression, economist says
Aug 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Pro-labor policies pushed by President Herbert Hoover after the stock market crash of 1929 accounted for close to two-thirds of the drop in the nation's gross domestic product over the two years that followed, ...
'Apples-to-apples' analysis of Arab development yields fresh view
Sep 18, 2009 |
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The Arab world is not the socioeconomic basket case that conventional wisdom holds, says University of California, San Diego economist James Rauch.
Declining road fatalities: Less driving not the only cause
Jun 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fewer Americans are dying on our nation's roads, not only because they are driving less, but also because the type of driving has changed, says a researcher at the University of Michigan Transportation ...
Cutting greenhouse gases could grow the economy
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Over £14 ($23) billion more in products and services could be produced in Northern Ireland's economy each year if greenhouse gas producing resources were used as efficiently as they are in the rest of the UK, a research group ...
