Economist explores why skyscrapers keep getting taller and why the world loves them
Rutgers-Newark professor Jason Barr, an authority on skyscrapers, examines them through the lens of an economist, not an expert on architecture.
Rutgers-Newark professor Jason Barr, an authority on skyscrapers, examines them through the lens of an economist, not an expert on architecture.
Economics & Business
Jun 6, 2024
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Ships seeking to avoid ongoing attacks by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea area are emitting millions of additional tons of carbon, making it tougher for companies using ocean freight to reduce pollution across their supply chains.
Environment
Apr 29, 2024
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Given the spate of news about international trade lately, Americans might be surprised to learn that the U.S. isn't very dependent on it. Indeed, looking at trade as a percentage of gross domestic product—a metric economists ...
Economics & Business
Apr 25, 2024
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Inside the negotiating rooms and on the sidelines of the COP28 climate talks, simmering tensions over wealthy countries' "green trade" policies have been bubbling to the surface, with developing nations fearful they will ...
Environment
Dec 4, 2023
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Do you like cod, shrimp, salmon, crab or pollock (also known as fish sticks)? Of course you do. Do you shop at Walmart, Costco, Kroger or Albertsons for fish? Who doesn't? Do you eat at one of the more than 400,000 restaurants ...
Other
Nov 24, 2023
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New research into public attitudes towards alternative shipping fuels shows public backing for biofuel and hydrogen.
Environment
Jul 6, 2023
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Illegal wildlife trafficking risks triggering future global pandemics and loss of biodiversity and needs to be tackled, finds new research into the ways in global supply chains are being hijacked by criminals, from the University ...
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2023
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Fish aren't impacted by borders, and neither are the subsidized fishing fleets that follow them.
Ecology
May 1, 2023
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A new paper in The Lancet Planetary Health by an international team of scientists from the University of Washington, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and other institutions says that any future pandemic prevention agreement ...
Ecology
Apr 4, 2023
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As the United States and other countries around the world begin to transition to utilizing green technologies on a larger scale, it will be necessary to have access to the minerals needed to build the infrastructure for those ...
Environment
Dec 2, 2022
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