Modern Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy: Essays in Honor of Gordon Rausser (Hardcover, 2021)

Part 1. Gordon Rausser: Scholar, Leader and Entrepreneur.- Chapter 1. On the Essence of Leadership: Lessons from Gordon Rausser.- Chapter 2. Scholar, Entrepreneur and Editorial Innovator.- Chapter 3. Gordon Rausser: Impacts on the World Food System.- Chapter 4. Gordon Rausser and the Transformation of Agricultural Economics from the 1960s to the 1980s.- Part 2. Major Developments in Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics.- Chapter 5. Principles of Policy Modeling in Agriculture.- Chapter 6. Woke Farm and Food Policies in the Post-Truth Era: Calamitous Consequences for People and the Planet.- Chapter 7. The Future of Food Economics.- Chapter 8. Closing the Gap between Water Needs and Renewable Water Supplies: Global Perspective and Local Lessons.- Chapter 9. Remote Sensing Technologies: Implications for Agricultural and Resource Economics.- Part 3. Major Developments in Institutional Economics and Political Economy.- Chapter 10. Special Interests and the Public Interest in Public Policy and Information: Insights from Agricultural and Food Policies.- Chapter 11. The Evolution of Political Hyperbole and Polarization: Echo Chambers and Voter-Elite Feedback Loops.- Chapter 12. The Puzzle of Lagging Sub-Saharan Africa Agriculture: Toward a Theory of Connectedness.- Chapter 13. Control of the Research Agenda in University-Industry Partnerships.- Chapter 14. Econometrics in Law and Economics: Challenges at Class Certification.- Part 4. Major Developments in Macroeconomic Linkages, Futures Markets, and Commodity Systems.- Chapter 15. Macroeconomic Linkages to the Agricultural Supply Chain.- Chapter 16. The Theory of Normal Backwardation and Financialization of the Futures Markets.- Chapter 17. Causes of the Great Food Commodity Price Booms in the New Millennium.- Chapter 18. Economics and Policy Implications of Contracts in Agriculture.- Chapter 19. How Gordon Rausser’s Legacy will Influence the Way Forward