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JOEL DARMSTADTER is an economist and senior fellow at Resources for the Future, which he joined in 1966, following an earlier stint in the corporate sector and several research organizations. Specializing in economic and policy aspects of energy and the environment, he has written, co-authored, and contributed chapters to, numerous books and journal articles. He has appeared as an expert witness before congressional committees, been a consultant to several government agencies, and served on a number of National Research Council panels. During 1983-93, he was a professorial lecturer at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He has degrees in economics from George Washington University (A.B., 1950) and the New School for Social Research (M.A., 1952).

Posts by Joel Darmstadter:

• The IMF Takes on Energy Subsidies
• Energy Independence – What Then? (Part Four: The Environment)
• Energy Independence – What Then? (Part Three: The Broad Goal of North American Energy Independence)
• Energy Independence – What Then? (Part Two: Benefits—but Lurking Uncertainties)
• Energy Independence – What Then? (Part One: The Centrality of Oil)
• Recycling Debates on Energy Independence and Energy Security
• The Democratic Platform: Energy (and Climate)
• Energy Independence and the Presidential Campaign: Illusions, Realities
• High-Speed Rail Passions
• A Look Back at Rio 1992