Energy

Why Economic Models Neglect Energy, and Why That’s a Problem

By Dan Sally, originally published by You Don’t Have to Yell

November 28, 2022

Coal plant

As the Fed raises interest rates to fight inflation, the economic models they use include energy as a small part of the overall picture. Is that model flawed?

Jed Dorsheimer, head of Group Head of Energy & Sustainability at William Blair and former advisor on US Energy Policy to the Obama Administration explains how dependent economic activity is on energy and an innovative framework that takes this into account.

You can learn about Jed’s work at www.williamblair.com or at www.bpeinstitute.org

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Teaser photo credit: Castle Gate Plant near Helper, Utah. By David Jolley at the English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8010162

Dan Sally

Host – You Don’t Have to Yell: apple.co/3a7oX6 | Digital Strategy Council at Rank the Vote |.

Tags: economics of energy

cattle on common grazing ground in Switzerland

The Commons in Practice: Case Studies From Around the World

By Michel Rauchs, Growing the Commons

From alpine pastures and salmon fisheries to offshore wind farms and online encyclopedias, commons take many forms. This article explores a wide range of real-world commons that span geographies, culture, and domains.

February 12, 2026

Solar farm in Massachusetts

We Don’t Need Any More Renewables

By The Last Farm, Adapt : Survive : Prevail

The claim is ubiquitous: if we’re to meet our climate goals, we need a mass buildout of renewable energy production. But this claim is false, and worse yet, attempting it will accelerate climate collapse.

February 12, 2026

Shop shelves

The free market adorns a hierarchical and unjust system

By Gunnar Rundgren, Garden Earth

This would not be the first time a system has an ideology or an official cause for existence that is contrary to the actual workings of the system. That has rather been the rule during most of human history.

February 12, 2026