The Catalyst Originally Posted: June 6, 2019 An Essay by the Bush Institute’s J.H. Cullum Clark and Natalie Gonnella-Platts The large-scale worldwide illegal wildlife industry has a staggering impact on Earth’s wildlife. Sustainable solutions to defeat wildlife crime do exist and can succeed in reducing poaching and reviving animal populations. READ MORE
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Maritime – Executive Originally Posted: May 28, 2019 BY RAVI BATRA: Ravi Batra is a professor of international economics at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. He is the author of The Myth of Free Trade. His latest book is End Unemployment Now: How to Eliminate Joblessness, Debt, and Poverty Despite Congress. President Trump recently raised tariffs […]
Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: May 11, 2019 Today’s computing power and technological advancements originally spooked technologists and futurists, who preached doom and gloom for the future of the American workforce. The Brookings Institution, in a recent report, paints a more nuanced picture of the stresses artificial intelligence will place on society, and it identifies Dallas-Fort […]
Dedman College News Originally Posted: May 6, 2019 SMU Department of Economics professor, Klaus Desmet‘s paper analyzes how immigration restrictions affect where people live today, and more importantly, how they shape the global economy of the future. READ MORE
Economics at Temple Originally Posted: April 29, 2019 Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) Wheaton, 2006 Ph.D. alumna, currently CEO at Equip the Saints and Economics Senior Lecturer at Southern Methodist University, celebrated two important achievements in this academic year. She had her book Economics of Human Rights published in the Fall and this April she was one of the […]
The Economist Originally Posted: April 17, 2019 For centuries prior to the Industrial Revolution, Asia’s massively populous societies made the continent the world’s centre of economic gravity. Industrialisation in Europe and North America in the 19th century briefly knocked it from its perch. But now their collective economic might, measured in real output on a […]
NBC 5 Originally Posted: April 2, 2019 WATCH: SMU Associate Professor of Economics James Lake talks with NBC 5 about the possible economic impacts of a possible US/Mexico border shutdown. (Credit: NBC 5 Staff) https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/politics/Economic-Impact-of-Possible-Border-Shutdown_Dallas-Fort-Worth-508017132.html
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New Geography Originally Posted: Feb. 23, 2019 Should the direction of Dallas urban growth continue to grow north? Does inserting low-income housing in North Dallas create an inclusive urban growth direction for Dallas? Does the direction of Dallas and its current goal of moving low-income wage earners closer to higher wage jobs in North Dallas […]
Forbes Originally Posted: Feb. 5, 2019 Adopting a one-size-fits-all approach to problem solving is almost never a good policy. What works well in one context could be precisely the wrong thing to do in another. Use an axe to cut down a massive tree; use a scalpel to conduct a delicate surgery. Switching one for […]