Co-authored by Andy Hoffman and Ellen Hughes-Cromwick Yale economist William Nordhaus has devoted his life’s work to understanding the costs of climate change and advocating the use of a carbon tax to curb global warming. It’s no small irony, then, that on the same...
Today, most large companies like Exxon Mobil, Ford and GM issue slick reports extolling their efforts to conserve resources, use renewable energy or fund clean water supplies in developing countries. This emphasis on efforts to curb environmental harm while benefiting...
March for Science in Portland, Oregon, April 22, 2017. Another Believer, CC BY-SA , Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation Scientists and environmental advocates will be speaking out this month about the Trump administration and what they view as its abuses of science. This...
By Andy Hoffman - Faculty Member, Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise. When politicians distort science, academics and scientists tend to watch in shock from the sidelines rather than speak out. But in an age of “fake news” and “alternative facts,” we need...
So-called “nudge units” are popping up in governments all around the world. The best-known examples include the U.K.’s Behavioural Insights Team, created in 2010, and the White House-based Social and Behavioral Sciences Team, introduced by the Obama administration in...