Dr. Warner is a renowned chemist, inventor, and one of the founders of the field of Green Chemistry. He has worked in both academia and the private sector and has over 300 patents.

With his co-author Paul Anastas, he wrote the book on Green chemistry and later helped to create the world’s first Ph.D program in Green Chemistry at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

You may also recognize him from the recent Netflix hit documentary, Plastic Detox.

In this episode, we discuss the idea of Green Chemistry and how we can create better materials that more cost effective and better for industry while also being better for human health and the environment.

His pragmatic approach to science and economics makes his case for Green Chemistry adoption a compelling one for listeners across the political spectrum.

Links:

https://johnwarner.org/

https://www.beyondbenign.org/

https://www.epa.gov/greenchemistry/green-chemistry-challenge-winners

Professor Emerita Elizabeth Hoffman has had an extraordinary career in economics and academia that spans over 50 years. She was a pioneer in the fields of experimental and behavioral economics. In addition, she has held the positions of Dean, Provost, and President - in 2000, becoming the 20th President of the University of Colorado system.

She has served on numerous non-profit and for-profit boards including the National Science Foundation and Target corporation.

In this episode, we discuss the basics of markets, supply and demand curves, externalities, housing, vaccines, and more. We also dig into the importance of higher education and some of current challenges it faces.

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