Aguanomics

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04 February 2013

Monday funnies

I see this a lot :)




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  • Economist David Zetland has dedicated much of his career — and a lot of his free time — to studying the way California pays for water. He runs a blog, aguanomics.com, and he argues that the price of water should be related to its availability.
  • Just a little note to tell you how much I enjoy your blogs! You're like the John Stewart of water! :)
  • Yes! I DO use your stuff!
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  • David Zetland is Brash, Outspoken and Unapologetic... and He’s Usually Right.
  • One of the most interesting, opinionated and committed bloggers around, David Zetland, pours forth in this blog about water, market-based solutions and a whole lot more. A high-intensity read.
  • Doesn't look like you have a ton of pageviews, and your blog has been around awhile. How did you get a book offer, and it looks like Forbes columns, out of a small blog like that?
  • Learn about the way water works from an economic perspective. The posts are concise and to-the-point, making it a great read for newcomers to the topic.
  • I love when David Zetland makes my job easier.
  • My only complaint is the challenge of keeping up with David’s content. If you’ve ever met David this wouldn’t come as a surprise. Great stuff, but man does it come fast. David will post 4 – info filled – posts in a day; I’m lucky to post 4 in a month and one of them will be about drinking beer, eating pizza, and reading blogs.
  • David Zetland (at aguanomics) who, besides asking questions with obvious answers, thinks posts about cow farts cheapen his blog.
  • David Zetland's aguanomics blog is excellent. This morning he changed his mind on the peripheral canal.
  • Yesterday I linked to David Zetland's piece in Forbes arguing that residential water ought to be priced to better reflect genuine supply and demand. Sure, I replied, but how about agricultural water too?
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