John Farrell at ILSR on decentralized renewable energy

John Farrell, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), talks about decentralized renewable energy generation and local ownership, and how they can work together to improve the economics and sustainability of the electrical grid, recorded from Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 19, 2012.

 

Jeffrey Miron on cannabis legalization in Washington State and Colorado

Jeffrey Miron, Senior Lecturer in Economics at Harvard University and Senior Fellow of the Cato Institute, talks about the recent legalization of cannabis in Washington State and Colorado, and about the implications of that development, recorded from Cambridge, Massachusetts, on November 13, 2012.  (Professor Miron adds:  “I have not consulted with the medical marijuana or legalization industries, but I have received modest honoraria for writing reports on budgetary impacts.”)

 

Satwant Kaur on Emerging Technologies and the Election

Satwant Kaur, widely-known as “The First Lady of Emerging Technologies,” comments on the role played by these tools in the recent Presidential election and their likely continuing impact on society and the economy, recorded from Northern California on November 11, 2012.