Economics

Taken as a share of the market price, the climate change impacts of mining the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin is more comparable to the impacts of extracting and refining crude oil than mining gold, according to an analysis published in Scientific...

Researchers from California Polytechnic State University and the University of New Mexico find that stock market investors predict cannabis legalization will reduce conventional pharmaceutical sales by billions of dollars. In their recent study, “U.S....

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Economics recently hosted its first-ever New Mexico Economics Research Day highlighted with the presentation of four policy projects related to the well-being of the New Mexico state economy. The conference...

Lobos are invited to our next Lobo Living Room where UNM faculty and alumni will discuss cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens, and their economic and environmental effects. The event will be held in-person and via Zoom, Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 6:30...

Between classes, exams, and learning to live on their own – college can be a difficult time of growth for students. On top of that stress, 29 percent of undergraduate students at UNM report they are food insecure and are not able to consistently access...

University of New Mexico Associate Professor Brady Horn (economics) alongside his co-authors were recently honored with the Georgescu-Roegen Prize from the Southern Economic Association (SEA) for their work. The Georgescu-Roegen Prize is an award given...

Researchers from The University of New Mexico and California Polytechnic University find increased employment, especially in manufacturing, following the opening of legal recreational cannabis dispensaries. They found no evidence of declines in worker...

Sara, who prefers to be known only by her first name, immigrated to the United States from Afghanistan on Sept. 29, 2016. “When you come to a new country it is very hard,” said Sara, whose mannerisms are peaceful, and voice is soft. “The people are new,...

From corridors of The University of New Mexico to halls of the U.S. Congress– community members are honoring the life and legacy of Jeff Mitchell. The researcher and director of UNM’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research died in his home in...

The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation declared a water shortage in the Colorado River Basin, announcing historic water cuts for portions of the western United States. The damning headlines are startling, but water researchers...