Bethany Township, near St. Louis, is to receive part of a $42.5 million settlement for a heavily polluted site. State and federal officials must now decide on cleanup strategies. And now for something completely different: Zubin Jelveh’s musings on how economists struggle with gross domestic product (GDP), a ranking that in some respects rewards nation’s for damage on the scale of Superfund’s project. Cut and paste the following URL into your browser for Jelveh’s comments: http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/odd-numbers/2008/01/09/beyond-gdp

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