Jive Talking is devoted to long discussions with interesting people. The theme of each episode depends on the guest and current events, so there's something for everyone. If you have questions or suggestions for guests, then please email me, David Zetland, at dzetland@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!
Episode 250: The final episode! JT playlist/archive: https://kysq.org/jt/index.html Ostroms: https://one-handed-economist.com/?p=3214 James C Scott: https://kysq.org/aguanomics/2010/01/weapons-of-the-weak-the-review/ Joseph Heinrich: https://one-handed-economist.com/?p=723
Episode 249: Brandon Zicha is a senior assistant professor at LUC. He's appeared in JT episodes 67, 111, 169 and 179. https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/brandon-zicha#tab-1 Is your major queer friendly? https://one-handed-economist.com/?p=4393 Please submit questions for Episode 250 AMA here: https://forms.gle/kJsycYMEG8qQ75fi6
Episode 248: Tom Moran and I talk about my recent paper. The paper (open access): https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07900627.2023.2214640 Life plus 2 meters: https://kysq.org/lp2m/ Recent PWPE news: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/business/global-food-prices-volatility.html Montevideo, Uruguay running out of water: https://one-handed-economist.com/?p=4427 90/10 "rule": https://one-handed-economist.com/?p=4250 Thumbnail image from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_%28Ireland%29
Episode 247: Larissa van der Laan is a climate scientist and artist, currently based in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is a part of the first LUC cohort, graduating in 2013, majoring in sustainability. Profile: https://nbi.ku.dk/english/staff/?pure=en/persons/776862 Twitter (also has art): https://twitter.com/LarissavdLaan Life + 2 meters: https://kysq.org/lp2m/ Send your AMA questions for my final JY episode: https://forms.gle/BjY6RYAAV9GpQsQD9
Episode 246 (8 Aug 2023): Danny Damen graduated from LUC's Global Politics major in 2014. He studied Crisis and Security Management and continued into an IT traineeship. These days he works as an incident handler for Tesorion, a Dutch cyber security company, helping organizations all over the globe who fall victim to cybercrime. My review of Future Crimes: http://kysq.org/aguanomics/2018/03/review-future-crimes/
Episode 245 (6 Jul 2023): Camelia Vasilov is a Moldovan / Romanian. After she left LUC (International development major), she volunteered in her native Moldova and worked in the Netherlands for a nonprofit connected to international schools. She studied for an MSc in development in Sweden (with a GiZ traineeship in Ethiopia) and an online 'micromasters' in Data, Economics and Development Policy from MITx. She then worked for Innovations for Poverty Action for nearly 2 years in Liberia and moved back to Moldova, where she worked for the President to help with Ukrainian refugee crisis. Moldova for Peace: https://moldovapentrupace.md/en/ Adopt a Vote, the Moldovan diaspora civic engagement group: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/why-is-moldovan-government-discriminating-against-diaspora/ MicroMasters Program in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy https://micromasters.mit.edu/dedp/
Episode 244 (6 Jul 2023): Pieter Sellies graduated from LUC's GED major in 2020 and today works as a campaigner for Fossil Free Netherlands. Outside of work he is also involved with grassroots organising for Extinction Rebellion and the FNV -- the largest labour union in the Netherlands. The conference: https://www.globalclimatejobs.org/conference-2023/ The ING fossil free website: https://gofossilfree.org/nl/ing-fossielvrij/ Want to get involved with building worker power in times of climate crisis? https://netwerkklimaatfnv.nl Suing McKinsey .https://www.drilled.media/enabling-fossil-fuel-addiction-is-it-really-just-about-money/
Episode 243 (29 Jun 2023): Anna-Liisa Merilind is an Alumna of LUC, having graduated summa cum laude from World Politics in 2020. She went on to earn a Masters degree in Trans-Atlantic Affairs and European security at the College of Europe and the Fletcher School in the US. She completed various internships next to and during her studies and now works as a Diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia. Women in Innovation and Leadership https://www.womeninnovationleadership.org Master of Arts in Transatlantic Affairs (MATA) https://www.coleurope.eu/study/master-arts-transatlantic-affairs-mata
Episode 242 (27 Jun 2023): Gorm Kipperberg is a Professor of Economics at the University of Stavanger Business School and holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California, Davis. Kipperberg is a passionate and renowned instructor who regularly publishes in leading field journals (e.g., Environmental and Resource Economics; Land Economics; Ecological Economics). He recently led the implementation of a large environmental valuation project and served on the Norwegian government's expert committee on stormwater management. UiS Business School professor of environmental economics: https://www.uis.no/en/gorm-kipperberg-new-professor-environmental-economics-uis Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=no&user=SRxi_swAAAAJ
Episode 241 (27 Jun 2023): Alex Pazaitis (https://www.p2plab.gr/en/alexpazaitis) is a researcher at the Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology and core member of P2P Lab (https://www.p2plab.gr/en/). He holds a PhD in Technology Governance and is leading parts of the COSMOLOCALISM (https://www.cosmolocalism.eu) and CENTRINNO projects. Alex has extensive experience from research and innovation projects and project management, and has worked as a consultant for private and public organizations. His research interests include digital commons; theory of value; innovation policy; cooperativism; and distributed ledger technologies. David's review of The Secret of Our Success https://one-handed-economist.com/?p=723
Episode 240: Katlego Panama is a African heritage management practitioner by profession and a barista/specialty coffee enthusiast. First appearance: https://soundcloud.com/jivetalking/229-katlego-panama-on-sowetos-neighborhoods-drugs-languages-football-fans-and-culture Andre de Ruyter (poisoned CEO of eskom): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_de_Ruyter
Episode 239 (15 Jun 2023): Rhys Evans (https://hgut.no/om-hlb/tilsette/rhys-evans/) is a professor of Human Geography at the University College of Green Development in Bryne (‘Breena') Norway. He works to create and share tools which help local people and communities engage in projects which deliver the improvements they have identified and are willing to work towards creating. A musician who also drove trucks for a living in Canada and the USA for 25 years, he began university at the age of 39 and likes to think that his ‘groundedness' based upon how he worked for a living gives him an important insight into how development works for people and communities and he tailors his ‘tools' to take that into account. Some of his tools include a model of Vocational Transition in Rural Europe; the Repurposing of Cultural Heritage Assets for the 21st Century Economy; Asset-based Rural Community Development, and Regenerative Development. His main activity is working with communities who wish to improve themselves -- using EEA grants. https://soundcloud.com/jivetalking/204-rhys-evans-on-bottom-up-community-development
Episode 238: Paul Hudson is an American academic with training in physical geography and geomorphology. Hudson grew up in the U.S. Deep South and moved from Austin, Texas to the Netherlands in 2010, and has been at Leiden University College since 2012. Paul has been working on environmental river management for over 25 years, and he especially works on large lowland rivers engineered for navigation and flood control. Flooding and Management of Large Fluvial Lowlands: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/flooding-and-management-of-large-fluvial-lowlands/26198940A02EAC087D7285200F4BEF4C#fndtn-information Paul's webpage: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/paul-hudson#tab-1 Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change: https://kysq.org/aguanomics/2015/05/cartoon-introduction-to-climate-change-the-review/
Episode 237 (1 Jun 2023): Dániel Moerman is an historian of climate and environmental history at the VU Amsterdam. His current research focuses on the impact of drought within urban environments in the Netherlands between 1500 and 1900, and the long-term development of coping strategies to alleviate drought-induced water shortages. This research is part of the NWO-sponsored research programme Coping with Drought, which is expected to finish in until 2025. Daniel's paper: "Documentary evidence of urban droughts and their impact in the eastern Netherlands: the cases of Deventer and Zutphen, 1500–1795" https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2022/egusphere-2022-1141/
Episode 236: Tony Turton was exposed to the Kalahari as a small boy, where he observed the flow of water from the Okavango into a desert. He later served as a soldier fighting a war in the upper Okavango basin. He then became a peacemaker and scientist, writing about the Okavango. He holds a professorship in environmental management at the University of Free State and served as a Deputy Governor of the World Water Council, but his core skills are about water as a national security risk. Today he works with scientists, engineers and mathematicians, developing AI and ML systems for complex industrial fluids. My paper on the evolution of Dutch drinking water (and need to take over drinking water systems to protect public health): https://www.kysq.org/pubs/NL-DWCs.pdf
Episode 235 (28 Apr 2023): Thalie Ngugen, a student-researcher at LUC, and I discuss the uses (and abuses) of AIs and GPTs in an academic setting.
Episode 234 (24 Apr 2023): Robert Fletcher is an environmental anthropologist with research interests in conservation, development, ecotourism, globalization, climate change, social and resistance movements, and non-state forms of governance. He uses a political ecology approach to explore how culturally-specific understandings of human-nonhuman relations and political economic structures intersect to inform patterns of natural resource use and conflict. We discuss his new book, Failing Forward: The Rise and Fall of Neoliberal Conservation https://www.wur.nl/en/persons/robert-r-robert-fletcher-phd.htm https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520390690/failing-forward ICCA ("territories and areas conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities” or “territories of life”): https://www.iccaconsortium.org https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359992734_A_Global_Conservation_Basic_Income_to_Safeguard_Biodiversity
Episode 233 (13 Apr 2023): Anthony was exposed to the Kalahari as a small boy, where he observed the flow of water from the Okavango into a desert. He later served as a soldier fighting a war in the upper Okavango basin. He then became a peacemaker and scientist, writing about the Okavango. He holds a professorship in environmental management at the University of Free State and served as a Deputy Governor of the World Water Council, but his core skills are about water as a national security risk. Today he works with scientists, engineers and mathematicians, developing AI and ML systems for complex industrial fluids. Motto: "The difference between could and should is wisdom." Prior appearance: https://soundcloud.com/jivetalking/227-anthony-turton-on-apartheid-and-the-end-of-anc-power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Water https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpeville_massacre
Episode 232 (13 Mar 2023): Prof. Dr. René P. Orij is professor of corporate sustainability reporting at Nyenrode Business University. He is a member of Nyenrode's Faculty Research Center for Corporate Reporting, Finance & Tax. https://www.nyenrode.nl/en/faculty-and-research/people/p/rené-p.-orij
Episode 231 (9 Mar 2023): Tom Jenney lives in Phoenix, Arizona. He has a degree in Spanish and Latin American Studies from Georgetown University. In Washington, DC and Phoenix, Tom has worked as a think tanker, fundraiser, grassroots organizer, and lobbyist. He has taught Government, Economics, and Spanish to high schoolers. He has served as a deacon and an elder at his church. He is happily married and is the adoring father of two children. In his free time, he backpacks, goes bouldering, and shoots a lot of clay targets. https://lilburneliterary.com/american-futures/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NationStates
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Episode 229 (9 Mar 2023): Katlego Panama is a African heritage management practitioner by profession and a barista/specialty coffee enthusiast.
Episode 228 (2 Mar 2023): Ravi Kurani has dedicated his career to water safety. From his early days as a pool boy for his father's pool and spa business to the founder of Sutro, Ravi has always wondered why everyone can't have clean water. He believes that being an entrepreneur is an honor he must earn daily since it gives him the ability to solve problems that not only makes money but help society. https://www.mysutro.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/kuraniravi/
Episode 227(2 Mar 2023) : Anthony Turton was exposed to the Kalahari as a small boy, where he observed the flow of water from the Okavango into a desert. He later served as a soldier fighting a war in the upper Okavango basin. He then became a peacemaker and scientist, writing about the Okavango. He holds a professorship in environmental management at the University of Free State and served as a Deputy Governor of the World Water Council, but his core skills are about water as a national security risk. Today he works with scientists, engineers and mathematicians, developing AI and ML systems for complex industrial fluids. Tony's book: Shaking Hands with Billy https://www.polity.org.za/article/shaking-hands-with-billy-2011-01-20 https://www.amazon.com/Shaking-Hands-Billy-Private-Memoirs-ebook/dp/B07Q6ZFQMW
Episode 226 (12 Jun 2014): This short monologue is still relevant, in terms of Saudi Arabia's culture, economy and sustainability (or lack thereof).
Episode 225 (16 Feb 2023): Lihi Lavie graduated GED in 2021, since than she worked as a financial analyst and as a personal assistant to the owner of a major impact investment fund focused on providing basic needs in the global south. In her spare time she also volunteers in the Israeli parliament as a parliamentary advisor to Labour MP in the Finance/Budgetary Committee. Tech Public policy and anti-trust enthusiast.
Episode 224 (16 May 2013): In this chat from the archives, Grant and I discuss the water used to produce energy from coal, natural gas, etc. Grant's LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grant-mcdermott-b8637419/
Episode 223 (8 Feb 2023): Iman Haqiqi got his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics in 2019 from Purdue University, where he is now a Research Economist working on Global to Local Analysis of Systems Sustainability (GLASS), a project looking at sustainability and food security challenges in a multi-disciplinary, multi-scale framework, i.e., evaluating the economic impacts of policies and shocks. One GLASS spatial model considers economic inputs (water, land, fertilizer, and labor) in relation to different ``market sheds'' Iman's pages: https://www.gtap.agecon.purdue.edu/network/member_display.asp?UserID=16116 https://www.pches.psu.edu/iman-haqiqi-spotlight/ GLASSNET: https://mygeohub.org/groups/glassnet GTAP: https://www.gtap.agecon.purdue.edu/about/presskit.aspx Tom Hertel: https://web.ics.purdue.edu/~hertel/
Episode 222 (2 May 2013): In this chat from the archives, Michael and I discuss real teaching and the problems with institutional reform when the "powers that be" don't want to let go. Michael also appeared in Episode 94 (Sep 2020) of Jive Talking https://soundcloud.com/jivetalking/94-michael-strong-is-radically-improving-education
Episode 221 (27 Jan 2023): Tom Ferguson is the Managing Partner of Burnt Island Ventures, an early stage venture fund focused exclusively on the water sector. They closed their first $30m fund in February 2021, and have invested in 18 companies, supporting founders building solutions across the water value chain. Previously, Tom was VP Programming at Imagine H2O. He holds an MA (Hons) from the University of Edinburgh and an MBA from Harvard Business School. https://www.burntislandventures.com
Episode 220 (12 Mar 2013): This 2013 discussion is from the archives. You can also listen to Guillermo's Jive Talk with me from March 2022 https://soundcloud.com/jivetalking/118-guillermo-donoso-on-success-and-failure-in-chiles-water-management His homepage: https://agronomia.uc.cl/Guillermo-Donoso-Harris
Episode 219 (15 Dec 2022): Peter Yolles is the founder and General Partner of Echo River Capital (https://www.echorivercap.com), an early-stage venture fund advancing water technologies for a positive global impact based in San Francisco. Peter is the former co-founder and CEO of WaterSmart.com, which was acquired by Vertex One in 2020. His water industry experience also includes roles at GE Capital, The Nature Conservancy and the Pacific Institute. Peter studied political science at CU-Boulder and graduated from Yale with a joint MBA and Master's in water science, management and policy. Monbiot's book: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/317018/regenesis-by-monbiot-george/9780241447642 Earlier JT episodes: https://soundcloud.com/jivetalking/196-jerry-gilbert-on-his-time-managing-ebmud-water-quality-diversity-and-californias-waters https://soundcloud.com/jivetalking/208-david-wegner-on-the-past-and-future-of-the-colorado-river-basin
Episode 218 (8 Dec 2022): Vlad graduated in 2019 from LUC with a major in GED. Ever since, he worked a couple of odd jobs as well as having an internship in the Netherlands, before returning home to Romania in 2020. Since then, he worked as an English - Romanian Interpreter, and he is currently a Business Analyst at a corporation. https://www.econtalk.org/annie-duke-on-the-power-of-quitting/ https://kysq.org/aguanomics/2013/09/baptists-and-bootleggers/
Episode 217 (10 Oct 2022): "It has been a difficult year for food supplies, and even more so for food markets...." Read the rest of the overview and get links of interest from https://www.eatthispodcast.com/speculation/
Episode 216 (30 Nov 2022): After graduating LUC in 2019 (GED major), Sean attended music school in Amsterdam. He is currently founder and president of Drunklover records, and bandleader of Daytime Lingerie. New EP https://open.spotify.com/album/59fc3MLTZu2ojjshLtfOUZ DTL at Colorado Charlie https://youtu.be/mVAO9Z0n62g Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daytimelingerie/?hl=en
Episode 215 (21 Nov 2022): Chris Daly is a trained coastal engineer and coastal geomorphologist, focusing his research on the dynamics of coastal sedimentary systems. He uses a combination of fieldwork, numerical modelling, and remote sensing techniques to study nearshore hydrodynamics and sediment transport processes mainly as a result of wave forcing. His education was undertaken at a number of well-recognised universities, with both his MSc and PhD studies done within international inter-disciplinary programmes. His career in coastal engineering started in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean, while his scientific training and research was mainly done in Europe.
Episode 214 (13 Nov 2022): In this interview-episode, Cornelia asks me a few questions about the commons -- what they are, why they matter, and how we are (mis)managing them. To learn more, read my The Little Book of The Commons, which is free to download from https://www.kysq.org/lbc/
Episode 213 (17 Nov 2022): Samuel Ian Rosen (https://www.samuelianrosen.com) is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor. He's the Founder and CEO of Tap (https://linktr.ee/drinktap), a mission driven digital water company. His startups have raised over $150 million in venture capital and he was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2015. Samuel is a digital nomad currently in Mexico City. He graduated from The University of Virginia with a Bachelor's degree in Commerce. Sam's portrait in the thumbnail is an NFT (JT first!): https://nft.coinbase.com/nft/ethereum/0x7943e478643c29eb0daafa44e7d643f7475597f5/6 DZ's post on testing for water quality https://kysq.org/aguanomics/2013/04/delivering-water-quality-to-the-tap/
Episode 212 (17 Nov 2022): Oriane Wiser (https://www.linkedin.com/in/oriane-wiser-) is a young professional with an academic background in natural resource management. Since finishing her MSc in Climate Change and International Development she is working as Program Manager at The Global Sustainable Enterprise System (GSES). GSES (https://gses-system.com) is a SaaS platform that can measure, verify and rate sustainability performance of products and organizations. Transparent assessments based on Environmental, Social and Governance criteria are possible and accessible on the GSES platform. It's a fight against greenwashing that Oriane proudly joined.
Episode 211 (recorded 3 Nov 22): Andrea Orza (https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-orza-86468614a/) graduated from Leiden University College in 2021 in Governance, Economics and Development. She spent the last almost two years working in her country of origin, Romania, as a Personal Financial Advisor and Team Leader. Links: https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/revisionist-history/puzzle-rush https://kysq.org/aguanomics/2017/07/masters-of-useless/
Episode 210: Soazic Guezennec is a French visual artist who has lived in Berlin for 6 years. Prior to that, she was 6 years in India. She works with different media -- paint, video, installations, land art --- to question the relationship between human beings and their environment. www.soazicguezennec.com
Episode 209 (7 Nov 2012): Matthew Pearson worked for a time with Living Water International. (He's since moved on to Moon Fabrications -- see JT episode below.) Back in 2012, we talked about his efforts to evaluate success in charitable programs aimed at bringing water to the poor, and there's a lot of depth in his replies. Listen in! https://soundcloud.com/jivetalking/42-matthew-pearson-navigates-the-twists-of-life Moon Fab: https://moonfab.com
Episode 208 (4 Oct 2022): David Wegner (david.l.wegner@gmail.com) is currently a member of the Water, Science and Technology Board of the National Academy of Sciences and works part time for Woolpert Engineering on water, climate and financing for water infrastructure. He retired from the U.S. House of Representatives where he served on the Natural Resources and Transportation and Infrastructure Committees. He currently is writing on improving adaptive management of water resources by improving the governance and application of science. He lives in Tucson, Arizona in the epicenter of climate driven aridification of the Colorado River basin.
Episode 207 (20 Oct 2012): This discussion is from 10 years ago but it could have been yesterday. Jamie Workman, who has appeared since (see below), discusses his experiences and lessons learned while working on dams, with the bushmen of the Kalahari, and how to reform fisheries for long term survival. Jamie's book, Heart of Dryness: http://kysq.org/aguanomics/2009/08/heart-of-dryness-the-review/ Prior JT episodes: https://soundcloud.com/jivetalking/27-jamie-workman-pays-water-savers https://soundcloud.com/jivetalking/76-has-no-regrets-about-his-semi-random-life-path
Episode 206 (9 Aug 2022): Pieter Teer graduated from Leiden University College in 2021 and has spent the majority of the past months working at a development foundation based in Rwanda. In the coming year, he will pursue his masters at INSEAD, studying in France and Singapore. Poverty Inc: http://kysq.org/aguanomics/2016/03/poverty-inc-the-review/ Appeared on episode 144 https://soundcloud.com/jivetalking/144-laura-and-pieter-reflect-on-grades-success-and-life wait but why
Episode 205 (8 Oct 2012): In this 2012 episode, Shahram Javey (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjavey/) explains how he started Aquacue, his smart meter business, which he sold only a year later to the largest metering company in the US (see below). Shahram is still working on smart metering. https://kysq.org/aguanomics/2013/04/aquacue-gets-paid-for-innovation-and-customers-win/
Episode 204: Rhys Evans is a professor of Human Geography at the University College of Green Development in Bryne (‘Breena') Norway. He works to create and share tools which help local people and communities engage in projects which deliver the improvements they have identified and are willing to work towards creating. A musician who also drove trucks for a living in Canada and the USA for 25 years, he began university at the age of 39 and likes to think that his ‘groundedness' based upon how he worked for a living gives him an important insight into how development works for people and communities and he tailors his ‘tools' to take that into account. Some of his tools include a model of Vocational Transition in Rural Europe; the Repurposing of Cultural Heritage Assets for the 21st Century Economy; Asset-based Rural Community Development, and Regenerative Development. https://hgut.no/om-hlb/tilsette/rhys-evans/ Playlist on the history of Vancouver https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkSVuMuRES0i2llgOopErgNE3ebtR4-pW
Episode 203: Tony Allen (1937-2021) coined the term "virtual water." In this 2012 interview (sorry about the background noise), we discuss how he came up with the idea and the difficulty of getting politicians to pay attention to their lack of water (and food) security. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/07/tony-allan-obituary https://www.iwra.org/in-memoriam-tony-allan/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Anthony_Allan https://kysq.org/aguanomics/2008/03/virtual-water/ https://kysq.org/aguanomics/2012/06/water-chat-tony-allan/ https://kysq.org/aguanomics/2016/11/all-studies-intending-to-use-a-virtual-water-strategy-to-solve-problems-of-water-scarcity-may-stop-now/
Episode 202: Jonatan Godinez Madrigal (jonatan.poe@gmail.com) was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. He first graduated from International Relations (2007) in the Jesuit University of Guadalajara, where he began working in the political ecology group of the Jesuit University where he conducted inter-disciplinary research on water conflicts and crises, but especially on the possibility of transforming water systems. With that spirit, he started his PhD at IHE Delft, focusing on a transdisciplinary action research project to analyse and transform the most intractable water conflict in Mexico, the Zapotillo conflict. He recently obtained his PhD last April and contributed to resolve and transform the Zapotillo conflict. Slogan: "Water for everybody, water forever." ("Agua por todos agua para siempre") Jonatan's dissertation: https://ihedelftrepository.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/phd1/id/60465/rec/1 A short article on his work with the community: https://www.un-ihe.org/news/mexico-ihe-delft-researchers-help-residents-three-towns-stave-flooding-threat-posed-dam
Episode 201: In this 2012 interview, Don Gaydon (https://people.csiro.au/G/D/Don-Gaydon) tells me about the complexities of irrigation in Australia. https://kysq.org/aguanomics/2012/05/water-chat-don-gaydon/
Episode 200: After 200 episodes, it's time for a little reflection. It was also Sep 11, so I start with some thoughts on the 9/11 attack, US exceptionalism and the need for global cooperation (see my Sep 12 2001 email below). Then I give some stats on the first 199 episodes, answer two questions from listeners, and discuss my book and papers (links below). Thanks to Cornelia, my GF, for sitting in the interviewer's seat! My thoughts on 9/11 (12 Sep 2001): https://www.kysq.org/me/rants/r01.htm#WTC%20Attack My post on energy policy failures (I added more to this 23 Aug 2022 post): https://one-handed-economist.com/?p=3791 Little Book of the Commons (free to download): https://www.kysq.org/lbc/ My papers on teaching water economics, utility performance and parking in Amsterdam: https://www.kysq.org/pubs.html Questions, suggestions? Email d.j.zetland@luc.leidenuniv.nl!