Environmental Econ Podcasts & More

Externalities:

• Put a value on nature! by Pavan Sukhdev (TED Talk filmed in July 2011; Duration 15:07)
• Polluting Farmers Should Pay by Catherine Kling (Published in the New York Times on 8/25/2019)

Tragedy of the Commons:

• An economic case for protecting the planet by Naoko Ishii (TED Talk filed in September 2017; Duration 14:05)
• The Tragedy of the Tragedy of the Commons by Matto Mildenberger published by Scientific America (4/23/2019)
• Climate Change is a Victim of the Tragedy of the Commons  by NPR (Length 4:30)

Coase Theorem:

• The Coase Theorem by Marginal Revolution (Published on 03/18/2015)
• NPR Planet Money Episode 756: The Bees Go to California (Aired on 02/24/2017; Duration 22:54)
• “The economics of reclining your airplane seat aren’t so easy” by James Johnson. The Washington Post. 9/8/2014

Carbon Tax:

• Understanding Carbon Tax with Professor Catherine Hausman (Aired on 9/22/2022; Duration 3:02)
• Episode 949: The Pigou Club by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 11/1/2019; Duration: 21:35)
• A climate solution where all sides can win by Ted Halstead (TED Talk filmed in April 2017)
• Episode 472: The One-Page Plan to Fix Global Warming … Revisited by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 7/18/2018; Length 24:06)

Cap-and-Trade:

• Sandel (1997). “It’s inmoral to buy the right to pollute” published by the New York Times.
• This country isn’t just carbon neutral – it’s carbon negative by Tshering Tobgay (TED Talk filmed in February 2016)
• State Carbon Trading: The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Example. Presentation by Franz Litz (Published by Resource for the Future on 9/14/2018; Duration 14:08)
• The EU Emissions Trading System by the European Commission (Published on 3/19/2014; Duration 3:13)
• Trading Pollution: How Pollution Permits Paradoxically Reduce Emissions by Marginal Revolution University (Aired on 3/18/2015; Duration: 4:08)
• A Deeper Look at Tradeable Allowances by Marginal Revolution University (Aired on 3/18/2015; Duration 6:00)
• Sell Me Your Climate Bombs by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 9/25/2020; Duration 26:06)

Carbon Offsets:

• Air Conditioned Stadiums. Cruise Ships. New Hotels. Can the World Cup in Qatar Really Be Carbon Neutral? by How to Save a Planet (Gimlet) (Aired on 7/7/2022; Duration: 40:36)
• Can Corporations Stop Climate Change? by The NYT Daily (Aired on 2/24/2020; Duration: 27:33)
  • Discusses carbon offsets and technological innovations by big companies
• Emission Impossible by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 5/7/2021; Duration: 23:12

Subsidies:

• Episode 965: Das Green Old Deal by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 2/17/2020; Duration: 20:39)
  • discusses a feed-in tariff used to promote the adoption of solar panels and propel a market for them in Germany
• Saving Birds with Economics by NPR The Indicator from Planet Money (Aired on 7/22/2021; Duration: 10:00)
  • Describes a reverse auction for rice farmers to flood their fields

Command-and-Control:

• The environmental impact of plastic bag bans by The Takeaway (Aired on 3/10/2020; Duration 9:44)
• “Why license plate bans don’t cut smog” published by the Guardian on 3/20/2014
• Are Plastic Bag Bans Garbage? by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 4/9/2019; Duration 9:53)
• Plastics: The Final Straw? by Science Vs. (Aired on 9/13/2018; Duration 32:16)
• Last Straw for Plastic Straws? Cities, Restaurants Move to Toss These Sippers by NPR (Aired on 5/31/2018: Duration 3:12)

Recycling:

• Waste Land by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 9/11/2020; Duration 24:06)
• Episode 925: A Mob Boss, A Garbage Boat and Why We Recycle by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 7/10/2019; Duration 25:03)
• Episode 926: So, Should We Recycle? by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 7/12/19; Duration: 23:06)

Environmental Valuation:

• Valuation of Ecosystem Services: Classes of Values by the Conservation Strategy Fund (Published on 06/30/2015; Duration: 7:04)
• Valuation of Ecosystem Services: Travel Cost Method by the Conservation Strategy Fund (Published on 11/17/2015; Duration 3:45)
• Valuation of Ecosystem Services: Hedonic Pricing Method by the Conservation Strategy Fund (Published on 12/8/2015; Duration 2:54)
• Valuation of Ecosystem Services: Contingent Valuation by the Conservation Strategy Fund (Published on 3/23/2016; Duration 7:29)
• Episode 433: Holding a Rainforest Hostage? (Update) by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 8/30/2013; Duration: 18:37)
• Will Economic Growth Destroy the Planet? by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 10/25/2011; Duration 21:51)
  • talks about how GDP doesn’t include externalities.
  • includes a reference to a contingent valuation study at the Grand Canyon
  • includes pricing of air pollution

Benefit-Cost Analysis

• Episode 991: Lives Vs. The Economy by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 4/15/2020; Duration 25:24)
  • discusses the value of a statistical life (VSL) during covid-19 pandemic❗
• When Can America Reopen From Its Coronavirus Shutdown? by Politico Maganize (Published on 4/2/2020)
  • includes the first cost-benefit analysis on social distancing during covid-19 in the U.S. 

Climate Change

• Can Corporations Stop Climate Change? by The NYT Daily (Aired on 2/24/2020; Duration: 27:33)
  • Discusses carbon offsets and technological innovations by big companies
• The Cost of Climate Change by The Indicator from NPR Planet Money (Aired on 10/9/2019; Duration: 9:51)
• Hot prospects: a sobering IPCC report by The Intelligence from the Economist (Aired on 8/9/2021; from 1:00 to 8:00)
• Road to COP26: The IPCC’s New Report “Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis” (w/ Dr. Ed Hawkins) by The Climate Pod (Aired on 8/9/2021; Duration 43:33)

Sustainability

• Is Your Carbon Footprint BS? by How to Save a Planet (Aired on 03/2021; Duration: 43:17)
• How to build a greener, more circular economy by Pavan Sukhdev (TED-Talk  12/15/2016; Duration: 14:04)
  • includes externalities, carbon taxes, and proposes corporations to measure their externalities with the Natural Capital project
• This country isn’t just carbon neutral – it’s carbon negative by Tshering Tobgay (TED Talk filmed in February 2016)
• Episode 616: How Solar Got Cheap by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 8/14/2019; Duration: 17:31)

Behavioral Economics

• Alex Laskey: How behavioral science can lower your energy bill TED talk (Aired on 6/4/2013; Duration: 8:11)

Green Investments

• Are My Retirement Savings Invested in Fossil Fuels? by How to Save the Planet (Aired on 8/12/2021; Duration: 48:25)

Environmental Justice

• Episode 188: Sensing Air Pollution Exposure in NYC Schools, with Beia Spiller by Resource Radio (Aired on 7/12/2022; Duration: 33:23)
• Environmental Justice by Lala Ma (Duration: 6:21)

Natural Resources

• The Friday Podcast: Too Much Lithium Is Depressing  by NPR Planet Money (Aired on 6/18/2010; Duration: 19:23)
  • Resource Curse