Archive for Erin Hagert
Remembering Julian Simon
Paul A. Cleveland is a professor of economics at Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama. Erin Hagert is studying economics at The King’s College in New York. The late Julian Simon was not a household name, but he left an indelible mark nonetheless by demanding that environmentalists produce evidence for their doomsday predictions. Meanwhile, he produced his [...]
1Jan2007 | Paul A. Cleveland | 2 comments | Continued-
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