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This week\u2019s episode is the first in a three-part series that celebrates the 70th anniversary of Resources for the Future (RFF). Over that time span, RFF has had a significant impact on the fields of environmental economics and policy. In this episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Ray Kopp, RFF\u2019s recently retired vice president for research and policy engagement, and Kerry Smith, an RFF university fellow (who also happened to be Ray Kopp\u2019s graduate school advisor). Kopp continues to lead the organization\u2019s Comprehensive Climate Strategies Program. Kopp, Smith, and Hayes discuss the 70-year history and legacy of RFF, the real-world impacts of its research, and how the act of conducting research itself has changed through the decades. They take a trip down RFF memory lane to explore how the world of environmental economics has evolved over the past 70 years\u2014and how RFF has helped shape that evolution.\n\nReferences and recommendations:\n\n\u201cScarcity and Growth: The Economics of Natural Resource Availability\u201d by Harold J. Barnett and Chandler Morse; https://www.routledge.com/Scarcity-and-Growth-The-Economics-of-Natural-Resource-Availability/Barnett-Morse/p/book/9781617260315\n\n\u201cAir Pollution and Human Health\u201d by Lester B. Lave and Eugene P. Seskin; https://www.routledge.com/Air-Pollution-and-Human-Health/Lave-Seskin/p/book/9781617260582\n\nMarchant calculator; https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_690723\n\n\u201cThe Voltage Effect\u201d by John A. List; https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/672117/the-voltage-effect-by-john-a-list/\n\n\u201cBig Data for Twenty-First-Century Economic Statistics\u201d edited by Katharine G. Abraham, Ron S. Jarmin, Brian C. Moyer, and Matthew D. Shapiro; https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/big-data-twenty-first-century-economic-statistics\n\n\u201cSapiens: A Brief History of Humankind\u201d by Yuval Noah Harari; https://www.ynharari.com/book/sapiens-2/\n\n\u201cThe Food Lab\u201d by J. Kenji L\xf3pez-Alt; https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393081084