[asa] Copenhagen Consensus on Global Aid (Warming)

The Copenhagen Consensus released a report on what sorts of international
investment will likely produce the most return for humanity. See here:
http://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/Default.aspx?ID=788

Top of the list: micronutrients, lowering trade barriers, deworming.
Middle of the list: R&D for low carbon technology. Bottom of the list:
global warming mitigation. Not on the list: population control (though
it's not clear this was studied).

It is fair to note, of course, that the Copenhagen Consensus project is
headed by Bjorn Lomborg, author of "The Skeptical Environmentalist." But
the panel included some pretty impressive economists, including nobel
laureate Vernon Smith (inventor of the "combinatorial auction" for wireless
spectrum and other infrastructure resources), and others.

-- 
David W. Opderbeck
Associate Professor of Law
Seton Hall University Law School
Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology
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