frank Ackerman
Raz, Kim Angeline M.
BS Accountancy - 1C
SOC SCI 102
Prelim Project
“Frank Ackerman”
(born 1946, Madison, Wis.) is an economist known for his work in environmental economics, particularly in the areas of climate change and development. A prominent critic of conventional economic approaches to climate and their use of cost-benefit analysis, he has written extensively for academic and popular presses and directed numerous studies for government agencies and nongovernmental organizations.
Achievements:
Most of his work since 2007 has been on the economics of climate change and energy, often in collaboration with Elizabeth Stanton and Ramòn Bueno. See also the website of the Stockholm Environment Institute’s U.S. Center, where he worked from 2007 to mid-2012.
Since 2012 he has been at Synapse Energy Economics; some of his recent reports, primarily on the U.S. electric system, appear on the Synapse website.
Most of his work from 2000 to 2006 focused on cost-benefit analysis and regulations, with applications to toxic hazards and chemicals policy. Lisa Heinzerling and Rachel Massey were frequent coauthors.
In the same years he also examined the economic and environmental impacts of globalization and trade liberalization, with Kevin Gallagher and other coauthors.
Writing on economic theory and methods was a major focus in the late 1990s, often in collaboration with Neva Goodwin and others at Tufts University’s Global Development and Environment Institute (where he worked from 1995 to 2007).
Earlier in the 1990s, his work centered on the economics of waste and recycling. Selected publications are listed here; many of his studies in this area, done at the Tellus Institute, are available only in hard copy.
A final area of interest - a short list of publications for now - involves macroeconomics and crisis.
Ackerman’s most recent books include Can We Afford the Future? Economics for a Warming World (Zed Books, 2009), Poisoned for Pennies: The Economics of Toxics and
BS Accountancy - 1C
SOC SCI 102
Prelim Project
“Frank Ackerman”
(born 1946, Madison, Wis.) is an economist known for his work in environmental economics, particularly in the areas of climate change and development. A prominent critic of conventional economic approaches to climate and their use of cost-benefit analysis, he has written extensively for academic and popular presses and directed numerous studies for government agencies and nongovernmental organizations.
Achievements:
Most of his work since 2007 has been on the economics of climate change and energy, often in collaboration with Elizabeth Stanton and Ramòn Bueno. See also the website of the Stockholm Environment Institute’s U.S. Center, where he worked from 2007 to mid-2012.
Since 2012 he has been at Synapse Energy Economics; some of his recent reports, primarily on the U.S. electric system, appear on the Synapse website.
Most of his work from 2000 to 2006 focused on cost-benefit analysis and regulations, with applications to toxic hazards and chemicals policy. Lisa Heinzerling and Rachel Massey were frequent coauthors.
In the same years he also examined the economic and environmental impacts of globalization and trade liberalization, with Kevin Gallagher and other coauthors.
Writing on economic theory and methods was a major focus in the late 1990s, often in collaboration with Neva Goodwin and others at Tufts University’s Global Development and Environment Institute (where he worked from 1995 to 2007).
Earlier in the 1990s, his work centered on the economics of waste and recycling. Selected publications are listed here; many of his studies in this area, done at the Tellus Institute, are available only in hard copy.
A final area of interest - a short list of publications for now - involves macroeconomics and crisis.
Ackerman’s most recent books include Can We Afford the Future? Economics for a Warming World (Zed Books, 2009), Poisoned for Pennies: The Economics of Toxics and