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”
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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”
PERC’s “After Rio” Journalism Conference Spurs Reaction
A correspondence on why government’s efforts to conserve our natural resources fall short of the work done by private conservationists.
How Free Markets Protect the Environment
This essay is excerpted from Rational Readings on Environmental Concerns, Jay H. Lehr, editor (New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992). Conventional economic wisdom, in a theory first propounded by Nobel laureate Paul Samuelson, holds that the unregulated market cannot be expected to protect the environment. In this theory, clean air and water are “publicContinue reading “How Free Markets Protect the Environment”
Gridlock in Government:
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 “Gridlock in Government:”
Property Rights and Indian Economies
Terry L. Anderson Editor Most research on American Indian economies seeking to explain why Indians have remained near the bottom of the economic ladder has concentrated on resource endowments. This approach has focused policy attention on creating government programs to expand resource exploitation either by encouraging non-Indians to develop reservation resources or by directly enhancingContinue reading “Property Rights and Indian Economies”
Zimbabwe Makes Living With Wildlife Pay
When people live in subsistence conditions, an environmental ethic easily gives way to survival. When people view wild animals as a valuable asset, poaching and habitat destruction decrease.
The Yellowstone Primer:
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 “The Yellowstone Primer:”