Playing with the Big Rocks
Linda PlattsFor many years, rock climbers in western North Carolina could gaze upon Laurel Knob from afar, but could not climb it. Laurel Knob is the…
The Magazine of Free Market Environmentalism
Blind opposition to markets is reflected in the story of the Cayman Turtle Farm in the West Indies. Created in 1968, the farm raised and sold green sea turtles, taking the pressure off endangered wild ones. But many environmentalists’ hostility to commerce destroyed this innovative enterprise, as Andrew Morriss explains in this issue. Today, however, the farm has another chance.
For many years, rock climbers in western North Carolina could gaze upon Laurel Knob from afar, but could not climb it. Laurel Knob is the…
The backlash from the Supreme Court's Kelo decision could relax land-use regulation around the country. And well it should.
China and India are moving in opposite directions in their efforts to keep the wild tiger from disappearing.
If you can't dam, divert, or drill, it's time to consider allocating water through markets.
Quail hunting by wealthy landowners has had remarkable environmental benefits in northern Florida.
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…
Urban sprawl did not increase as fast as expected between 1976 and 1992 -- in fact, it did not increase at all.
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,…
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…
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,…