Economics In Supermarket

A look at possible candidates to be next IMF chief

France's Finance and Economy Minister Christine Lagarde visits a Parisian supermarket and goods retailer in Paris Thursday May 19, 2011. Lagarde has emerged as a potential candidate to replace IMF chief, Frenchman Dominique Strauss-Kahn who resigned Wednesday, saying he wants to devote "all his energy" to fighting sexual assault charges in New York. Photo: Jacques Brinon / AP FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 8, 2008 file photo United Nations Administrator of the Development Program, Kemal Dervis, talking to The Associated Press on the sidelines of a conference of finance ministers and officials on ways of combating climate change in Warsaw, Poland. The global financial community was abuzz with speculation Tuesday May 17, 2011, about who would eventually replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn as head of the International Monetary Fund. With Strauss-Kahn jailed in New York on sex crime charges, the prevailing view in the markets and in policymaking circles is that it's only a matter of time before he quits or is forced out by the IMF board. Photo: Czarek Sokolowski / AP FILE - A Saturday, May 22 2004 photo from files of Klaus Regling, a member of the European Commission's economic affairs department, as he leaves the Waldorf Astoria after attending a meeting with finance ministers and deputy finance ministers of the G8 countries in New York. Regling is one of the seven most likely candidates to succeed Dominique Strauss-Kahn as managing director of the International Monetary Fund. Photo: DEAN COX / AP FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009 file photo Arminio Fraga Neto, a partner with Gavea Investments, attends a news conference where the Group of 30 releases a report calling for the restructuring of financial institutions and markets in New York. The global financial community was abuzz with speculation Tuesday May 17, 2011, about who would eventually replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn as head of the International Monetary Fund. With Strauss-Kahn jailed in New York on sex crime charges, the prevailing view in the markets and in policymaking circles is that it's only a matter of time before he quits or is forced out by the IMF board.

Resource Economics at Towson: Energy from supermarket waste

CNN reports on how supermarket waste can be either turned into prepared foods or used in anaerobic digesters to produce energy. While large donations to food banks do occur, one recipient supposes that they receive about 1% of all supermarket waste. It's hard to know exactly what's going on since the major chains have a code of silence, refusing to speak to the media (or even to be interviewed by Karen and Nia for a class project). Corporate waste is potentially a huge resource, though as with most resources it requires some investment to use. Glad you're here! I'm an applied economist from the West Coast teaching at Towson University in Maryland. I'm interested in both local & global environmental issues as well as my primary research interests, which are health and development economics. I created this blog for a Natural Resource Economics class I teach every year, and student contributions help keep it going for part of the year. It's become more than just a class blog, though: I use it to post environment & resource-based news that catches my eye. Comments are always welcome. Hope it's useful!

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