[MCN] How did the future of the economy look in 2003?
Lance Olsen
lance at wildrockies.org
Thu Mar 3 22:33:16 EST 2016
"Financial collapses have an unmatched capacity
for projecting their effects across the domestic
economy, and in the worst cases far beyond that,
across the region and even across the world."
"Access to more capital makes bigger crises
feasible: every now and then, somewhere in the
world, one is going to happen.
"Is this because the same mistakes are made again
and again, or is each crisis is unique? The
answer is yes to both: each crisis is unique,
and the same mistakes are made again and again."
"While a bubble is inflating, reckless lending
seems merely bold, and appropriately
well-rewarded. Deteriorating credit quality is
easy to conceal so long as the price of property
and other assets offered as collateral is going
up. The growth in lending fuels demand, so
economic growth stays high as well. That
reinforces the government's reputation for
competence, so the boom continues."
The Economist, "A cruel sea of capital : A survey
of global finance," May 3rd, 2003.
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"Earth's thermal landscape is rapidly changing,
and there is growing recognition of associated
changes in the geographical distribution,
phenology and behaviour of species (Parmesan et
al. 1999; Hughes 2000; Walther et al. 2002;
Parmesan & Yohe 2003; Burrows et al. 2011).
Virtually all organisms have a physiological
response to temperature, and these responses have
important consequences for higher levels of
ecological organization, such as populations,
communities and ecosystems (Kingsolver & Woods
1997; Brown et al. 2004; Helmuth, Kingsolver &
Carrington 2005; Angilletta 2009; Woodward et al.
2010; Dell, Pawar & Savage 2011; Buckley &
Kingsolver 2012). Thermal response curves
describe how biological rates and times (e.g.
metabolic rate, growth, reproduction, mortality
and activity) vary with temperature (Huey &
Stevenson 1979; Huey & Kingsolver 1989). These
responses can vary systematically between life
stages, populations and species (Angilletta 2009;
Dell, Pawar & Savage 2011; Kingsolver et al.
2011)."
Journal of Animal Ecology 2013
doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12081
TOPIC: METABOLISM AS A CURRENCY AND CONSTRAINT IN ECOLOGY
Article: Temperature dependence of trophic
interactions are driven by asymmetry of species
responses and foraging strategy
By Anthony I. Dell1,2*, Samraat Pawar1,3 and Van M. Savage1,4,5*
1-Department of Biomathematics, UCLA Medical
School, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA;
2-Systemic Conservation Biology, Department of
Biology, University of Go¤ttingen, Go¤ttingen,
37073, Germany;
3-Department of Ecology and Evolution, University
of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA;
4-Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA; and
5-Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, USA
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