The backlash from the Supreme Court’s Kelo decision could relax land-use regulation around the country. And well it should.
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Candy Wrapper Fashion
Tired of the same old Prada purses? So many people are. Fortunately a few high-end specialty boutiques and even Bloomingdale’s have an entirely new line of shoulder bags, clutches, and coin purses that are delightfully colorful and eye-catching. Imported from Mexico, they have been woven from the discarded candy wrappers, potato chip bags, and cookieContinue reading “Candy Wrapper Fashion”
Letters to the Editor
Different Constraints The various articles in your special issue (“American Indians and Property Rights,” June 2006) together illustrate a series of fundamentally important points. First, American Indians are just like anyone else, except that they face different structures of costs and rewards, to which they respond, like anyone else. Above all, they face different governmentalContinue reading “Letters to the Editor”
Markets and Morality
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. It was originally published in PERC Viewpoints, a series of papers on policy alternatives. It offers some valuable insights that are asContinue reading “Markets and Morality”
Saving the Tiger
China and India are moving in opposite directions in their efforts to keep the wild tiger from disappearing.
The Quest for More Water –
If you can’t dam, divert, or drill, it’s time to consider allocating water through markets.
Hunting for Conservation
Quail hunting by wealthy landowners has had remarkable environmental benefits in northern Florida.
Survival of the Sea Turtle
The first chapter of the Cayman Turtle Farm story did not end happily. But a new phase in this fabled effort to protect wild sea turtles has begun. Wild sea turtles were declining rapidly when Cayman Turtle Farm Ltd. was created in the West Indies in 1968. The farm, located on Grand Cayman Island, hatchedContinue reading “Survival of the Sea Turtle”
Urban Sprawl
Urban sprawl did not increase as fast as expected between 1976 and 1992 — in fact, it did not increase at all.
Walking on Rubber
If you have ever been out for a stroll in your flip-flops and stubbed a toe on a cracked sidewalk that resembles a mogul run, you will appreciate the dream that Richard Valeriano had one night. As senior public works inspector for the city of Santa Monica, he spent his days staring at sidewalks tiltedContinue reading “Walking on Rubber”