Colorado has created a grand experiment using private markets to preserve open space through a transferable state income tax credit.
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Don’t Abandon Market Ship
The financial meltdown has led many people, especially politicians, to blame the problem on market failure and to jump on the regulatory bandwagon. Though the problems on Wall Street are much more related to regulated markets than free markets, the call is for more regulation to fix failed regulation. Couple this with the fact PresidentelectContinue reading “Don’t Abandon Market Ship”
The Enviropreneur’s World
There is a moment that comes to mind when recalling my short trip into the world of the enviropreneurs.
Money Grows on Trees in New Zealand
Headlights trace the dying canopy of a stand of Pohutukawa trees. The decades-old, fourwheel- drive Range Rover slows, and a father and son disembark with their shotguns.
The Failing Business of Conservation
Earlier this fall, Bobby McCormick, PERC senior fellow, spoke at the annual meeting of the International Union for Conservation of Nature in Madrid.
Evolving Approaches to Managing Marine Recreational Fisheries
Traditional regulations—such as daily bag limits and seasonal closures—are often not enough to control fishing impacts and they tend to generate greater discontent and lower economic benefits in the angling community as they become more restrictive.
Managing Marine Recreational Fisheries
Rights-based management programs work for commercial fishing, but do they have the same result with recreational fishing? Leal and Majaraj explain how rights-based management can work for recreational fishermen as well.
Food mile myths: Buy global
By Pierre Desrochers and Hiroko Shimizu Activists tout low “food miles” to discourage consumers from buying foods produced in and transported from distant locations. This movement argues that locally produced food is not only fresher and better tasting — which can be plausible claims — but is also more nutritious, beneficial for the local economyContinue reading “Food mile myths: Buy global”
Greener Than Thou: Are You Really an Environmentalist?
Anderson and Huggins break down liberal and conservative stereotypes of what it means to be an environmentalist and show that, by forming local coalitions around market principles, stereotypes can be replaced by pragmatic solutions that improve environmental quality without increasing red tape.
Sovereignty, Credible Commitments, and Economic Prosperity on American Indian Reservations
Update: The Fraser Institute, Canada’s leading public policy think-tank has awarded this paper the 2011 Addington Prize for Measurement, which comes with a $10,000 prize. The paper measures the crippling economic consequences resulting from the lack of private property rights on Indian Reservations. The entries were judged for originality and significance of the ideas presented,Continue reading “Sovereignty, Credible Commitments, and Economic Prosperity on American Indian Reservations”