Deeply held mistrust of property rights in Africa I just read Gregg Zachary’s most interesting article in PERC Reports (Winter 2011) about property rights in Uganda. I’ve been based here in Kenya for some 45 years and now research mainly economic impacts of property rights. What never ceases to amaze me is the deeply heldContinue reading "PERC Reports Winter 2011 Comments"
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The foundation of PERC has always been high-quality academic research rooted in the principles of property rights and markets. It was this focus on research that led to Terry Anderson and Donald Leal’s influential 1990 book Free Market Environmentalism—the first comprehensive argument for “rethinking the way we think” about the environment. With the third editionContinue reading "The Hard Questions for Free Market Environmentalism"
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“Chevron Guilty of Polluting the Amazon” reported Greenpeace on its website in February. Chevron was ordered by a court in Ecuador to pay $9.5 billion in damages for injuries imposed on people and the environment in Ecuador from its oil operation. Does Greenpeace think “justice” is likely in Ecuador? It is one of the mostContinue reading "The Hard Questions for Free Market Environmentalism"
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Matching the size of government to the size of the problem
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Waterborne diseases are responsible for 20 percent of deaths in children under the age of five. Microbes such as E. coli found in fecal matter cause diarrhea that kills by dehydrating its victims. Such organisms are routinely found in the springs, wells, lakes, and rivers used as water sources in the developing world. Naturally-occurring springs,Continue reading "The Hard Questions for Free Market Environmentalism"
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Free market environmentalism has a lot to offer, but Kolstad says the case for FME is weaker when dealing with environmental goods such as clean air.
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Artificial trees do the job of real trees - removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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Airships, similar to blimps, may be the future of cargo transport.
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An ancient technology to purify water meets modern water needs.
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Banzhaf argues that free market environmentalists should applaud the cap-and-trade approach over more government regulation.
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