Floods, Nuclear Power, and Wages (with Peter Van Doren)
OCT 7, 202249 MIN
Floods, Nuclear Power, and Wages (with Peter Van Doren)
OCT 7, 202249 MIN
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<p>The illustrious, ingenious, notorious PVD is back with us once again. Today, he and Trevor sit down to discuss dilemmas of flood damages following Hurricane Ian, the viability of subsidies for nuclear energy, and minimum wage increase’s effects on workers’ wages.</p><p>Peter references the following:</p><p><a href="https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/national-flood-insurance-program-solving-congresss-samaritans-dilemma" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The National Flood Insurance Program: Solving Congress’s Samaritan’s Dilemma</a> by Peter Van Doren</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/29/climate/hurricane-ian-flood-insurance.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hurricane Ian’s Toll Is Severe. Lack of Insurance Will Make It Worse.</a></p><p><a href="https://www.cato.org/blog/subsidies-nuclear-power-inflation-reduction-act" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Subsidies to Nuclear Power in the Inflation Reduction Act</a> by David Kemp and Peter Van Doren</p><p><a href="https://www.cato.org/regulation/summer-2022/working-papers#minimum-wage-effects-on-low-wages" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How Important are Minimum Wage Increases in Increasing the Wages of Minimum Wage Workers?</a> by Jeffrey Clemens and Michael R. Strain</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
