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Roger Baker : The Economic Side Effects of Peak Oil
Image from Urban Sprout.Resource economics:It’s not just about peak oil anymore By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / May 17, 2010 Anyone broadly devoted to the study of resource economics and peak oil sooner or later has to break … Continue reading
Roger Baker : Austin’s New Transportation Plan Throws a Few Curves
Bumpy road ahead?Austin’s new long-range transportation plan By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / March 23, 2010 The background The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) recently unveiled its new 2035 long-range draft transportation plan; “People, Planning and Preparing … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, CAMPO, Central Texas, Roger Baker, Transportation, Urban Planning
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ExxonMobil and the Oil Supply : The Bigger Picture
ExxonMobil CEO Rex W. Tillerson: What, me worry? Photo from Getty Images.The good news and the, well…Exxon says: No need to worry By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / February 17, 2010 Here is the good news as seen … Continue reading
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Tagged Energy, Exxon Mobil, Oil Production, OPEC, Peak Oil, Roger Baker, Texas
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Austin and Texas : Economic Slump Finally Hitting Home
Texas unemployment up;Austin’s tech economy fading Since Texas has borrowed all it can, and since a state can’t print money like the federal government, the feds are now under enormous political pressure to function as the job creators of last … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Economy, Green Technology, High Tech, Roger Baker, Texas, Unemployment
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Roger Baker : Is America Already a Failed State?
Is America already a failed state?No public trust for a dysfunctional system The main obstacle to progress is a corporate dominated political system that resists favoring broad long range public benefits over the short term profits of the few. By … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Corporate Power, Economic Crisis, Economy, Government Regulation, Political Opinion, Roger Baker
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James Howard Kunstler : A Blue Christmas with Avatar and Tiger
Blue Christmas What is most amazing about Mr. Cameron’s holiday blockbuster is the explicit message that America is a society that deserves to be punished (and humiliated!) by others who manage their own relations with reality better than we do. … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Christmas, Film, Imperialism, Sport, Technology
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Economy and Unemployment : Real Recovery a Long Shot
Photo from OOlaah.comReal unemployment nears depression levels;Sustained recovery appears unlikely By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / December 6, 2009 It should come as no big surprise that our economy is in worse shape than the U.S. government would … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking, Economic Recovery, Economics, Financial Reform, Roger Baker, Unemployment
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Roger Baker : Can the Economy Recover?
Cartoon from Talking Union.Can the economy recover?And, for that matter, should it? By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / December 4, 2009 [Steven Chu, U.S. Secretary of Energy] was my boss. He knows all about peak oil, but he … Continue reading
The Future of Agriculture : Genetics and the Limits of Oil
Agriculture, genetics and a sustainable future… …the oil requirement for U.S. food production and transportation will no doubt loom as a much bigger factor, forcing a restructuring of the food industry. By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / November … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Genetic Engineering, Peak Oil, Sustainability, Transportation
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Bank Struggles and the ‘Science’ of Economics
As bank struggles worsen:The ‘science’ of economics By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / August 31, 2009 See ‘Meltdown 101: Why banks’ struggles have worsened,’ by Marcy Gordon, Below. A viewpoint inspired by some bad banking news is cited … Continue reading
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Transportation politics and the Austin road lobby
Part 2: The Austin road lobby: Texas transportation politics, the developers/ and those pesky populist reformers. By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | June 22, 2009 [This is the second part of a series on transportation in Austin. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Community Organizing, Environmental Groups, Lobbyists, Texas Legislature, Transportation, TXDot
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Roger Baker : The Zombie Bank Syndrome
Zombie banker. Image from Mother Jones.Dead Banks Walking. . . Except for the bankers and the Obama administration, the prevailing reaction of many prominent economists is not one of optimism. By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / May 8, … Continue reading