Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill, Editors Wildlife and markets need not be inimical to one another. This book is designed to stimulate imaginative efforts to create better incentives for habitat preservation. The chapters address how both the demand and supply side of the marketplace can be harnessed to provide the proper incentives forContinue reading “Wildlife in the Marketplace”
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Eco-Sanity:
Eco-Sanity: A Common-Sense Guide to Environmentalism By Joseph L. Bast, Peter J. Hill and Richard C. Rue This book cuts through rhetoric, false alarms and media hype to deliver concise and authoritative summaries of what we know about the most important environmental issues of our times. It describes the considerable progress made since 1960 inContinue reading “Eco-Sanity:”
Multiple Conflicts Over Multiple Uses
Terry L. Anderson, Editor This volume examines the prospects for reducing conflicts over public land management by substituting markets for bureaucracies. The conclusion is that a healthy dose of free market environmentalism is the best way to eliminate conflicts over multiple uses, to reduce the drain of the federal treasury and to promote cooperation. TerryContinue reading “Multiple Conflicts Over Multiple Uses”
Beyond Politics:
More Books by PERC Authors and Editors: , by William C. Mitchell and Randy T. Simmons, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994. What Everyone Should Know About Economics and Prosperity, James D.Gwartney and Richard L. Stroup Bozeman, MT.: PERC,1993. The Birth of a Transfer Society, by Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill. Lanham MD: UniversityContinue reading “Beyond Politics:”
Continental Water Marketing
More Books by PERC Authors and Editors: Beyond Politics: Markets, Welfare, and the Failure of Bureaucracy, by William C. Mitchell and Randy T. Simmons, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994. What Everyone Should Know About Economics and Prosperity, James D.Gwartney and Richard L. Stroup Bozeman, MT.: PERC,1993. The Birth of a Transfer Society, by Terry L.Continue reading “Continental Water Marketing”
The Political Economy of the American West
Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill, Editors Myths about the Old West are challenged by these authors who discuss why there was little economic growth on Western Indian reservations, how Yellowstone National Park really was established (by the railroads), and the subsidized development of water resources. The book illustrates the interplay of economic andContinue reading “The Political Economy of the American West”
NAFTA and the Environment
More Books by PERC Authors and Editors: Beyond Politics: Markets, Welfare, and the Failure of Bureaucracy, by William C. Mitchell and Randy T. Simmons, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994. What Everyone Should Know About Economics and Prosperity, James D.Gwartney and Richard L. Stroup Bozeman, MT.: PERC,1993. The Birth of a Transfer Society, by Terry L.Continue reading “NAFTA and the Environment”
What Everyone Should Know About Economics and Prosperity
More Books by PERC Authors and Editors: Beyond Politics: Markets, Welfare, and the Failure of Bureaucracy, by William C. Mitchell and Randy T. Simmons, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994. , James D.Gwartney and Richard L. Stroup Bozeman, MT.: PERC,1993. The Birth of a Transfer Society, by Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill. Lanham MD:Continue reading “What Everyone Should Know About Economics and Prosperity”
The Political Economy of Customs and Culture:
The Political Economy of Customs and Culture: Informal Solutions to the Commons Problems Terry L. Anderson and Randy T. Simmons, Editors Informal customs and traditions can serve as alternatives to private property rights, preventing the “tragedy of the commons” – overuse of resources. The book presents both theory and empirical evidence, with many examples ofContinue reading “The Political Economy of Customs and Culture:”
Taking the Environment Seriously
Roger Meiners and Bruce Yandle, Editors After two decades of high-cost, low-output federal efforts to protect and improve environmental quality in the United States, the contributors to this volume argue that it is time to consider market-oriented solutions to environmental problems. Roger Meiners is a PERC senior associate and professor of law and economics atContinue reading “Taking the Environment Seriously”