Economic Sense

The following articles highlight positive externalities associated with Bt corn and cotton production : Communal Benefits of Transge...

I am very excited to see that on September 11,2013 the WKU  BB&T Center for the Study of Capitalism is hosting Pierre Desrochers (also a...

Market forces accommodating producer demands for traits optimized for diverse conditions and environments and the risks they pose d...

“I was really shocked when I bought my first ever whole chicken tonight. Five bucks? For a whole chicken? KFC charges five bucks for one br...

How To Really March Against Monsanto http://www.fancybeans.com/blog/2013/05/25/how-to-really-march-against-monsanto/ This article ...

Recently I was invited on AgriTalk to discuss the science and economics of labeling genetically modified foods and take questions from calle...

A nice combination of empirical evidence and social network analysis explains a leading misconception and conspiracy theories about Bt cott...

An example of a cooperative market based solution to internalizing negative externalities associated with herbicide resistance. (Note: Round...

Over at my econometrics blog, I'm discussing the ramifications of social media and big data on the ag industry. Social media has all...

Proposition 37 is a crystal clear example of rent seeking in the food industry. Some natural and organic and other food special interests...

http://mobile.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-05/monsanto-seed-patent-case-gets-u-dot-s-dot-supreme-court-review The merits of the US IP...

Farm Food Freedom KY is a KY based interest group that has gotten some attention from a few of our lawmakers in Frankfort. But, are they ...

From the introduction on p.10:  "The Genetically Engineered Foods Mandatory Labeling Initiative (A....

"Carson exploited her reputation as a well-known nature writer to advocate and legitimatize "positions linked to a darker traditio...

"And painful experience tells us that economic agents may not behave as the models suppose they will." Painful experience tells...

"Scholars who have designed taxonomies to point out the difference between open access arrangements and common property have sometimes ...

And, how to ruin a good thing: See also these links related to rent seeking and biotechnology.  References : Matt Bogard. "Sus...

Pending Thursday's supreme court decision on the Affordable 'Care' Act , auto industry, labor, environmental, and banking relate...

Is there justification for government intervention requiring labeling of GMO foods? In a post from a few years back, I looked at the r...

Recently CBS news reported that on a Texas ranch that GMO grass suddenly started producing cyanide and killing cattle. It turned out that th...