Next was a great/depressing discussion with @eyalfrank.bsky.social on how nature and economies interact, using the shocks of massive species die offs to interrogate these relationships 😬 on the @voxdev.bsky.social podcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=69F_... (4/7)

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In all the debates about #biodiversity, we tend to forget about the belowground part of it – even though (1) more than 50% of all species live in the soil, (2) soil biodiv is central for ecosystem functioning and (3) has different needs than aboveground biodiv onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Two environmental economics contributions among the 10 featured AEA charts 2024 @frikknesje.bsky.social @eyalfrank.bsky.social happy holidays everyone 🎄🎄

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This paper is mindblowing! It shows how the near extinction of vultures in India lead to a humanitarian disaster - and resulted in half a Million Deaths... Key mechanism: Rotting livestock carcasses, no longer picked to the bones by vultures, polluted waterways - a huge negative sanitation shock.

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Such cool work by my Warwick Econ colleague Anant Sudarshan and @eyalfrank.bsky.social in the AER

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