The “currency” involved in the habit trading system is habitat credits.
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Preserving Patagonian Grasslands and Gauchos
Like the rugged cowboy roaming the plains of the American Wild West, the image of the untamable gaucho is embroidered into the fabric of the Argentine consciousness.
Farming for Fish
The Entiat Valley Habitat Farming Enterprise Program is a vehicle to create successful transactions between willing sellers of riparian habitat and those willing to pay for restoration of fish, improved wildlife habitat, and clean water.
One Step Closer to Superfund Sanity
The federal Superfund program was enacted in 1980 to speed the cleanup of abandoned hazardous waste sites and hold polluting companies responsible. It was supposed to be “shovels first, lawyers later.” Instead, lawsuits proliferated and cleanups stalled. Though premised on the “polluter pays” principle, Superfund often caused polluter and non-polluter alike to overpay for minimalContinue reading “One Step Closer to Superfund Sanity”
Bogus Bidder: One Year Later
Edward Abbey is known for his unorthodox approach to protecting the wilderness of the American southwest. His 1975 novel The Monkey Wrench Gang depicted a gang of misfits that employed the use of sabotage – or “monkey wrenching” – to protest the development of dams, roads, and power lines throughout the West. The vigilante group’sContinue reading “Bogus Bidder: One Year Later”
Much Ado about Pigou
By Bruce Yandle Clemson University Economists, policy analysts, and politicians often rattle the bones of brilliant economists long passed when making a case for a favorite policy or legislative action. John Maynard Keynes has again become a popular icon for justifying deficit spending in the face of severe recession. There are other days when JosephContinue reading “Much Ado about Pigou”
Environmental Kuznets Curves, Carbon Emissions, and Public Choice
Environmental Kuznets Curves for carbon emissions raise doubts about the feasibility of reducing global carbon emissions..
Repeated adjustment of delegated powers and the history of eminent domain
The authors explore the history of eminent domain in the United States—a history characterized by periodic public backlash.
National TV Broadcasting and the rise of the regulatory state
The rise of national markets associated with national TV networks led to the expansion of federal social regulation and a simultaneous decline of federal economic regulation.
Watch speakers at the Property Rights Forum
Randal O’Toole Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute Expertise: urban planning, public land, transportation "Property Rights for Rural and Urban Landowners" Link to presentation Steven L. Hayward Senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Co-author of the annual Index of Leading Environmental Indicators "Property Rights and the Global Commons: An Alternative to Kyoto-Copenhagen Climate Policy"Continue reading “Watch speakers at the Property Rights Forum”