Ed Dolan's Econ Blog

The gulf oil spill (more accurately, the underwater gusher) has brought a new focus on U.S. energy policy. The spill has put the oil establi...

A pair of recent reports from the Energy Information Administration show both good news and bad news regarding energy trends and CO2 emissio...

The focus of economic crisis watchers has shifted to Europe. The European Union, and especially the core countries that comprise the euro ar...

In 2010, a blight has hit the Afghan opium poppy crop, and possibly also the crops of other Asian producers. Since opium production is an im...

The April 2010 employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics highlighted a paradox that often crops up in the early stages of a reco...

The advance GDP data for the first quarter of 2010 show continued moderate growth for the U.S. economy. The economy grew in the quarter at a...

What do you do if you are a company like De Beers, the South African diamond producer, and you own a resource that you believe to be finite?...