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PERC Office
Bozeman, MT
July 19–23, 2010
Directed by H. Spencer Banzhaf
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This workshop, "The Tough Questions for Free Market Environmentalism:," brings together long-time PERC scholars with younger scholars who are new to Free Market Environmentalism, or perhaps skeptical. They will discuss the strengths of FME as well as its potential limitations. Topics include the trade-offs between local and centralized control, possible free-market solutions for large-scale problems such as climate change, and how liability and torts could be used as an incentive to prevent environmental damages.
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Founded 30 years ago in Bozeman, Montana, PERC—the Property and Environment Research Center—is the nation’s oldest and largest institute dedicated to improving environmental quality through property rights and markets.
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Research is at the heart of PERC's work, with a focus on the question: What is the link between economic growth and environmental quality?
The goal of PERC’s programs is to fully realize the vision of establishing “PERC University,” where scholars, students, policy makers, and others convene to expand the applications of free market environmentalism.
PERC's fellowships share a common goal of exposing new scholars, students, journalists, and policy makers to free market environmentalism, as well as enable scholars already familiar with FME to explore new applications.
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