Linda Platts

New Jobs Created By Drive To Sniff The Environment

A small, but growing, professional opportunity for those with a keen sense of smell is rapidly developing in the Guadong Province of China. An environmental monitoring station in southern China is seeking the services of those with sharp noses who can sniff out foul gases in the air. At present, eleven professional noses are beingContinue reading "Warning:"

Recently in the Hoover Digest

September 2007 Volume 25 | Number 3 … An Economist Looks at Global Warming Investing in anticipation of environmental upheaval is a matter of numbers. Global warming effects are expected to take a long time to appear, and there is great uncertainty about their extent. Moreover, where one sets the “discount rate” for that futureContinue reading "Recently in the Hoover Digest"

Brian Yablonski

Bisonomics

You've heard of Freakonomics — but what about Bisonomics? With their future now in the hands of eco-ranchers and market-minded preserves, the outlook for bison is promising.

Mitch Tobin

Save a Species, Save on Taxes

It isn't easy being green...unless it means more green for the pocketbook

National Park Goes Local

Ecuador's experiment with local control leads the world

Richard Stroup

Friedman's Legacy for Freedom and the Environment

The freedom fighter's legacy lives on

David Haddock

Warning:

Legislators' investments threaten people living near the Atchafayala River

Terry Anderson

Environmentalism Enviropreneur Style

Brian Yablonski’s article, “Bisonomics,” relates to free market environmentalism (FME) in many ways. First, bison epitomize the tragedy of the commons. As a quote Brian uses from Recreation magazine in 1901 so aptly described: “A wild buffalo is looked on as a small fortune walking around without an owner.” It was not just that theContinue reading "Warning:"

Daniel Benjamin

The Benefits of Climate Change

Many people believe that human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases will lead to higher temperatures and increased precipitation during the 21st century. Similarly, it is thought that these changes may have an impact on economic well-being. The question remains: If such changes occur, will their economic effects be positive or negative? A definitive answer to thisContinue reading "Warning:"

Letters to the Editor

130 billion pints for fish Right about the time that the streams and rivers in the Deschutes River Basin started to look a little dry, the summer 2007 issue of PERC Reports arrived and reminded me just how much progress has been made in the past ten years toward instream flow restoration using markets andContinue reading "Letters to the Editor"