Al Gore and David Blood’s op-ed “ESG Investing Is Consistent with Fiduciary Duty” (Nov. 9) includes two examples that highlight the best way to handle externalities, the economic term for ...

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In short, when externalities are negative, private costs are lower than social costs. There are also positive externalities, and here the issue is the difference between private and social gains. For ...

In 2020 also, Guillaume Vandenbroucke at the St. Louis Federal Reserve justified an “early social-distancing mandate” by citing the lack of “internalisation” of negative externalities.

Construction has a number of such negative economic externalities. One such externality is the impact on our health, both physical and mental health.

AI can help businesses design for positive externalities Written by Vala Afshar, Contributing Writer Aug. 2, 2024 at 6:27 a.m. PT Michael Leitner / 500px / Getty Images ...

Why the news is so negative — and what we can do about it. We can break the cycle of negativity bias in the media and get a more balanced view of the world.

Negative and positive externalities. In the case of pollution—the traditional example of a negative externality—a polluter makes decisions based only on the direct cost of and profit opportunity from ...