Bioeconomics

Bioeconomics is the story of two lovebirds who just couldn’t live without each other: biology and economics.

Economics couldn’t live without biology because, let’s be real, we’re working with a limited supply of resources, and land, and we have a growing world population that’s gotta peak at some point. Looking at economics and pretending that we have unlimited resources, and that population won’t affect the economy, is kind of...insane. Biology couldn’t live without economics, because economics affects the biological world everywhere (climate change, anyone?).

While these two can’t live without each other, their future together isn’t pretty. Sit tight and watch this daytime drama unfold as inequality grows, populations expand, and resources diminish.

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