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William D. Nordhaus

William D. Nordhaus is Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale. He has written extensively on economic growth, including studies of the economic impacts of lighting, computation, and improved health. (August 2016)

A firefighter under a protective chemical spray at Kuwait’s Greater Burhan Oil Field, which retreating Iraqi troops had set on fire, 1991; photograph by Sebastião Salgado

Energy: Friend or Enemy?

The End of Energy: The Unmaking of America's Environment, Security, and Independence

by Michael J. Graetz

Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use

a report by the National Research Council's Committee on Health, Environmental, and Other External Costs and Benefits of Energy Production and Consumption

October 27, 2011 issue

The Story of a Bubble

The Fabulous Decade: Macroeconomic Lessons from the 1990s

by Alan S. Blinder and Janet L. Yellen

The Roaring Nineties: A New History of the World's Most Prosperous Decade

by Joseph E. Stiglitz

January 15, 2004 issue

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