tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post3484453581262655430..comments2023-11-19T20:38:50.237-08:00Comments on Economic Logic: Why is there so little Economics in environmental policy?Economic Logicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10171296292101248614noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-42984792105971226482013-04-26T16:10:01.887-07:002013-04-26T16:10:01.887-07:00From my personal experiences with environmental po...From my personal experiences with environmental policy scholars, a lot of the problem is that they are not equipped to wrap their heads around economic analysis. A huge problem because economists probably do the lion's share of quantitatively rigorous policy analysis of any group of scholars.<br /><br />My good friend was taught tat fair trade was a pillar of "environmental and social sustainability." He had no clue that producer rents are unwound through nonprice mechanisms though, as studied directly by a few Berkeley scholars and indirectly in volumes of economic literature on price fixing schema.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com