The Future Dams Research Consortium (originally known as DAMS 2.0) hosted a public lecture by Prof Michael Hanemann of Arizona State University on the economics of water.

The lecture discussed  ‘why the economics of water is so hard’  providing a historical and contemporary US overview of the issues that make water challenging to price.

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