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  • The trade-off of a shrinking cattle herd: higher prices, lower emissions

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    By Ben Lilliston of IATP on 23 July 2025. The U.S. cattle herd is the smallest it’s been in 70 years. In June, the price of ground beef rose over $6, the highest since the government started tracking in 1980. A smaller cattle herd has led to higher prices paid to ranchers, higher beef prices for…

  • What the GDP Hides

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    From Prabhat Patnaik, in People’s Democracy, 4 Feb 2024 THERE are well-known problems associated with the concept of gross domestic product as well as with its measurement. The inclusion of the service sector within GDP is something that Adam Smith would have objected to on the conceptual grounds that those employed in this sector constituted…