Markets

Editor's note: In the winter of 1988, Peter J. Hill, a PERC senior fellow and a professor of economics at Wheaton College of Wheaton, Illinois, wrote the following article on markets and morality.

The Weekly StandardApril 25, 2005 By Terry L. Anderson

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Greening of Foreign Policy Distorts Traditional Diplomacy Full Text PDF By Terry L. Anderson and J. Bishop Grewell/p>

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Water Marketing--The Next GenerationTerry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill, Editors

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Authors Reed Watson and Brandon Scarborough briefly describe and give examples of how water markets can not only provide water where it is needed most, but avoid the acrimony of past water disputes.

By C. Kenneth Orski and Jane S. Shaw

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A 30th Anniversary Celebration ofPERC—Property and Environment Research Center

Paul Schwennesen an Enviropreneur-in-Residence at PERC and a former fellow at the Enviropreneur Institute is one of seven top winners in a global easy contest sponsored by the SEVEN Fund in Cambridge, MA. The topic was the "morality of profit."

China's growing wealth and economic power means it also vested in seeing the US propser as it holds a huge amount of US debt and remains an important trading partner.

By Lawrence Solomon

In response to the Miami Herald

When the Ancient Mariner observed “water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink” he would have no intention of sharing a freshwater source, had he found one. Indeed, we are awash with water here on the Blue Planet, but only a small fraction is in the location, volume, and quality needed to satisfy our demands.

John Batchelor interviews Kurt Schnier about PERC’s Enviropreneur Institute. He explains how the value of goods is reflected in prices, and how markets can improve environmental amenities.

This week's Q&A is with Matthew Kahn, a professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment in the Departments of Economics and Public Policy, and the author of the recent

By Tim Fitzgerald

Certification informs consumers about forest management.

By Kelly L. Westover

Benjamin. Daniel K. Benjamin reports that economists have come up with persuasive evidence that free trade reduces pollution.

By Daniel K. Benjamin Now we know what a decade of quotas on Japanese cars cost consumers.

By Daniel K. Benjamin The results of the SO2 tradable emissions program are in-- and the economists were right.

By Terry Anderson

Pioneer bamboo producers in Mexico are hoping to turn the tables on China and become one of the world's largest producers of bamboo. Although the fact is not widely known, bamboo is actually a grass, which has long grown wild throughout many parts of Mexico.

In Tanzania, the Nile crocodile is probably best known for its threat to human life. Not only does it snatch villagers from the river banks, but it has even made forays onto the lawns of tourist lodges in search of a tasty meal.

Watch your step, Starbucks. Indigenous farmers from Chiapas, Mexico, are opening cafes in Europe, the United States, and Mexico.

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