Opinion

Monday 15/August/2016 17:15 PM

Air pollution’s true costs

Air pollution takes years off people’s lives. It causes substantial pain and suffering, among adults and children alike. And it damages food production,...

Monday 15/August/2016 17:00 PM

Mining the ocean floor: Good idea?

While commodities traders still work their way out of a historic slump, Japan is looking ahead to the next boom. According to Bloomberg News, next year a...

Monday 15/August/2016 16:36 PM

There's no such thing as an economic miracle

One of the less heralded truths of economics is that growth miracles, while they make for good press, are overrated. It’s an insight that could help us...

Sunday 14/August/2016 17:42 PM

A court ruling that could save the planet

A US federal court last week upheld the approach that the government uses to calculate the social cost of carbon when it issues regulations -- and not just...

Sunday 14/August/2016 17:27 PM

Closing the health-care data gap

While much of the world today suffers from information overload, there are still places where information is scarce. And that scarcity sometimes costs...

Sunday 14/August/2016 17:10 PM

Brazil's partisans go for the Olympic gold

Olympic gold has many uses. Just ask Rafaela Silva, the 24-year-old Brazilian fighter who won the gold medal in judo in Rio de Janeiro on August 8, and now...