[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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