At a quick glance, the thin lines stretching across the glass façade of the new building at 87 Trumbull St. resemble opened blinds, but they serve a different purpose. The rows of lines are a film that enhances the windows’ visibility to chickadees,...
Economic research is uniquely able to account for tradeoffs inherent in raising global living standards while also meeting environmental targets. In this video, Yale economists Rohini Pande, Eli Fenichel, and Nicholas Ryan discuss the future of economic...
William Nordhaus can recall the precise moment when he became interested in what is now known as “green accounting,” a type of accounting that factors environmental costs and benefits into measures of economic activity.
It was 1969, and he was thumbing...