Environmental Economics

Tim, I know you never took macro in grad school and that is a shame. Because if you had, you would know that in a rational expectations model Mississipians are looking forward to enjoying leisure.

I believe the lyrics of Mississippi-born blues musician Furry Lewis explain the sentiment exactly:
“I been troubled so long, trouble don’t worry my mind / I been down so long, it seem like up to me”

Thanks for all the snide remarks/jokes from all you fancy-pants Yankees that may have never set foot in MS. I hope your understanding of MS goes beyond that which you glean from PBS documentaries.
I think you’re all just jealous that while you’re living in a fancy-pants state that has great “job creation” (by the way, hasn’t it been argued on this site that this is probably a cost not a benefit???), etc., etc, you are not happy. Yet, here are these backwoods bubbas, awash in a mire of economic-indicator-hell, seemingly happy in spite of it.
Secretly, you long to be like us. Pine away, my friend. You may have the secret to economic prosperity, but we know the secret to life. Now, baby, please pass the fried catfish and grab me an Abita!

I guess one future of materials science is 2d layering of things? It appears most of the important moduluses (or is it real world strengths?) can be captured by layering materials tightly. The shortfalls include making sure the raw materials can scale to the market application, and more importantly, imagining products. I don’t expect Bible-thumpers to be able to imagine medical applications. Might be useful if get too Liberal with the dual use aspects…people can’t imagine new fun things to do. BBQs and raising a family, and under USA Culture: MORE BBQs!!
I haven’t found a good list of future products from future materials science, but I’ll make one. Probably need to deal with FDA. Poor countries are similiar to distressed patients who are early giunea pigs. I wish Canada had food stamps and FDR jobs.