Economic Sense

In a recent article, animal rights activists (Mercy for Animals-MFA) went undercover and made some observations about animal abuse on dairy ...

Nice demo on the copula. I'm not in full agreement with the conclusion. "That does not mean it was useless. The Gaussian copula pro...

Chew On It: New J-Term Class Delves Into 'The Politics of Food' After just a few days in the class, several students had already a...

It looks like Forbes is emulating TIME magazine with more point of view journalism targeting agriculture and family farms. Big Fat America...

Some of our political leaders are advocating for more regulation and are disappointed with the results:( from CNN Money ) "Not only...

"Most Americans want to lose weight, a new CBS News poll finds – but they do not favor a tax on junk food and do not believe that such ...

Some may claim that Avatar could not have had a libertarian or pro-market theme, because the Na'vi people in the movie didn't have a...

I've read a few reviews of the movie Avatar, and many of them make the claim that the movie has an 'anti-capitalist' message. Ha...

Monsanto, a pioneer in sustainable food production technology, is named Company of the Year by Forbes magazine. Excerpts: "It is like c...

Many may have seen the video from New York City regarding soft drinks and fat: ( link ) While it is true that the excessive consumption ...

Farmers are starting to speak out against the attacks from point of view journalism, celebrity authors, and novelty film makers that have cl...

On my way to a late lunch yesterday I got a chance to catch a bit fromt he Rush Limbaugh show. He was talking about a story from CNN Money e...

This video (courtesy of the Animal Agriculture Alliance), makes the obvious point that modern agriculture isn't like the Facebook game ...

This week our leaders in DC held a job summit, but I'm not sure how open they were to the current evidence about unemployment. Last Oct...

The First Thanksgiving offered a great lesson in how free markets and private property can lead to agricultural abundance. In many ways we h...

The first Thanksgiving story provides an interesting lesson in agricultural economics. Foremost, the celebration was about thanking God for...

Why study Agricultural Economics? "The combination of quantitative training and applied work makes agricultural economics graduates a...

To me, we have seen a lot of hypocrisy lately in the public discourse regarding the issue of compensation. The underlying premise for much o...

Previously I was discussing Eigene Weekly's Next Big Thing blog interview of Craig Rosebraugh regarding Earth Liberation Front's m...

The following is an excerpt from a recent interview ( here on Eigene Weekly's Next Big Thing blog) of Craig Rosebraugh regarding Earth ...