David Zetland is an assistant professor of economics at Leiden University College in the Netherlands. He received his Ph.D. from U.C. Davis in 2008, writing a dissertation on water management in Southern California. He blogs on water, economics and politics at aguanomics.com https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/contributor/david-zetland/rss en Climate & Weather Law & Policy Fri, 02 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 David Zetland https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2015/10/02/the-banana-republic-of-california https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2015/10/02/the-banana-republic-of-california It is time for state leaders to show some spine and stop pretending there’s enough water for all comers.