Professor Ed Barbier weighs in on the cost of a Green New Deal

In a piece written by Professor Ed Barbier and published earlier this week (February 26, 2019) by The Conversation titled, “America can afford a Green New Deal – here’s how,“ Barbier argues that a Green New Deal is not unaffordable. Barbier provides expert insight on what a Green New Deal could cost and how the United States would pay for […]

Welcome Assistant Professor Ray Miller to the Economics Department!

We welcome a new face to the Economics Department this year, Assistant Professor Ray Miller! Dr. Miller received his doctorate in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh in 2015. From 2007-2010 he worked for the American Institutes for Research, a behavioral and social science research and evaluation organization in Washington DC. Prior to joining the […]

Corporations need to step up to preserve the world’s biodiversity

Economics Department Professors Edward Barbier and Joanne Burgess co-authored an article with Professor Thomas Dean of the College of Business titled “How to pay for saving biodiversity” which was published in the prestigious journal Science on May 4, 2018. They argue that to preserve the rich array of species around the world, corporations will need to engage and contribute […]

Assistant Professor Anders Fremstad named as a 2018-2019 SoGES Resident Faculty Fellow!

The School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES) at Colorado State University has announced the selection of four Global Challenges Research Teams and six Resident Faculty Fellows from a competitive field of proposals. The awards are intended to encourage interdisciplinary understanding of complex global environmental issues, foster collaborative cross-campus partnerships, and support sustainability research at CSU. Congratulations to […]

The Divide Between Rural and Urban America, in 6 Charts

By Brian Thiede, Lillie Greiman, Stephan Weiler, Steven C. Beda and Tessa Conroy Editor’s note: We’ve all heard of the great divide between life in rural and urban America. But what are the factors that contribute to these differences? We asked sociologists, economists, geographers and historians to describe the divide from different angles. The data […]