Economics

At a time when local governments are increasingly strapped for cash, the land value tax – taxing the value of land more than buildings – is an efficient source of revenue that avoids the negative effects that can accompany other taxes, such as local wage or income taxes, according to a new report co-authored by Richard England, professor of economics and natural resources at the University of New Hampshire.

Michael Goldberg, an economics professor at the University of New Hampshire, said ...“The contemporary way that economists construct their models have very little to do with the real world, and leadership before the crisis was fundamentally flawed,” Goldberg said.

Now in its eighth year, the Stonyfield Farm Entrepreneurship Institute offers a safe and interactive environment for entrepreneurs to learn about financing, marketing, managing change, and other areas fundamental to growing an enterprise. The program was conceived by Stonyfield Farm co-founder Gary Hirshberg, and run by him and Michael Swack, a professor at the Whittemore School and a member of the research faculty at The Carsey Institute.

In early October of 2001, hundreds of people gathered at Copley Square to protest the war against Afghanistan, which began with air strikes on Oct. 7...Professor Marc Herold of the University of New Hampshire, writes that “[t]he explanation (for this heavy loss of life) is the apparent willingness of U.S. military strategists to fire missiles into and drop bombs upon, heavily populated areas of Afghanistan.”