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Transcript: THE INSIDE STORY: Confronting the Climate Crisis Episode: 88 - April 27, 3023 Show Open: Unidentified Narrator: Right now on The Inside Story: Confronting the Climate Crisis. Global temperatures are on the rise. What can we do to make a difference? What are...

There are two main types of policies: those that promote innovation in industries that produce green technologies, and those that aim to get other industries to adopt these technologies. The impact evaluation evidence seems limited on both types of policy.

Lots of links to see you through the holidays

This weeks links include lessons from policy efforts to help firms upgrade, economists going to tech firms, behavioural finance, and more...

Our last links for the summer before we go on hiatus

 CAMBRIDGE  —  In 1973, the British economist E.F. Schumacher published a book with the captivating title “Small Is Beautiful”, advocating the use in poor countries of human-scale, less capital-intensive technologies more suited to local conditions. The book sparked vigorous debate among economists in the 1970s and 1980s on “appropriate technology”.

 CAMBRIDGE  —  In 1973, the British economist E.F. Schumacher published a book with the captivating title “Small Is Beautiful”, advocating the use in poor countries of human-scale, less capital-intensive technologies more suited to local conditions. The book sparked vigorous debate among economists in the 1970s and 1980s on “appropriate technology”.

Dani Rodrik argues that making global innovation more labor-friendly would benefit rich and poor countries alike.

A lobbyist in Mark Zuckerberg's investors' group is promising an amnesty for millions of illegals will actually raise wages for Americans.