A company now plans to run nuclear power plants off the radioactive residue of coal ash. Winning, David. 2009. " Out of the Ashes: A Sm...

I first criticized the Green Revolution in Perelman, Michael. 1971. "Second Thoughts on the Green Revolution." The New Republic, v...

Mark Thoma at Economist's View links to a set of comments by Frank Ackerman on proposed regulations by the EPA to limit carbon emission...

Longtime critic of the euro since before it was adopted, Martin Feldstein, has suggested that Greece should take a "euro-holiday" ...

Martin Weiss has written an article this week entitled 'Armageddon' in which he half-describes the absolutely horrific scenario abo...

So, the process of cutting state budgets is going on in many places, and is especially grim here in Virginia, given that recently installed ...

The announcement that the Fed is raising the discount rate from 1/2% to 3/4% triggered a reaction in the financial markets with bond traders...

President Obama rolls out another idea to address the market power of the health insurance sector: The plan conspicuously omits a governmen...

Quote of the week: "...I talked about the hyperdeflation scenario. Brought about by the collapse of the Eu and European countries defa...

OK, so I am not happy about the recent reports out of the IAEA that the Iranians are not cooperating with them and are clearly making effort...

With hat tip to Paul Krugman , ponder the following from a few prominent economists: IT IS now clear that the UK economy entered the recess...

With our added snowfall yesterday here in Harrisonburg, Virginia, apparently this winter has set an all time record for snowfall of 53.26 in...

I am getting ready to send out my proposal for my new book. If anyone has any comments on this, I would be most appreciative. http://michae...

Not very southern gentlemanly of me, but we are really getting past the time when anybody should tolerate or pull punches on what the recent...

Two evenings ago I had dinner in Madison, Wisconsin with Daniel Bromley, editor since 1974 of Land Economics, who retired in December from t...