Terry Anderson took on the Department of Interior during a Fox News segement called "Cabinet Wrecking Ball." Appearng Friday, March 19 on Scoreboard with David Asman, Terry says that the Department of Interior holds billions of dollars in assets in our national parks and vast public lands, yet it loses billions of dollars every yearContinue reading “Terry Anderson on Fox News”
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Much Ado about Pigou
By Bruce Yandle Clemson University Economists, policy analysts, and politicians often rattle the bones of brilliant economists long passed when making a case for a favorite policy or legislative action. John Maynard Keynes has again become a popular icon for justifying deficit spending in the face of severe recession. There are other days when JosephContinue reading “Much Ado about Pigou”
Watch speakers at the Property Rights Forum
Randal O’Toole Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute Expertise: urban planning, public land, transportation "Property Rights for Rural and Urban Landowners" Link to presentation Steven L. Hayward Senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Co-author of the annual Index of Leading Environmental Indicators "Property Rights and the Global Commons: An Alternative to Kyoto-Copenhagen Climate Policy"Continue reading “Watch speakers at the Property Rights Forum”
Tiger Farms: A conservation idea
red in tooth and claw?
By Dean Irvine Could "tiger farms"—where the animals would be bred in captivity then culled for their body parts—help save the critically endangered animal in the wild? "Regulated tiger farms could provide enough tiger products to reduce the pressure on wild tigers from poaching," said Terry Anderson, executive director of the Property and Environment ResearchContinue reading “Tiger Farms: A conservation idea
red in tooth and claw?”
Let’s Talk Trash
Jane Chastain Let’s get down and dirty. Now don’t get excited. This column is not the least bit off-color or X-rated. I’m talking about your garbage. Do you recycle? Do you meticulously separate your cans, bottles and plastic containers from the paper and cardboard? The world is going green, but when it comes to ourContinue reading “Let’s Talk Trash”
Picking Sides
By Marty Trillhaase JEERS … to Idaho schools Superintendent Tom Luna. Last week he persuaded the Idaho Land Board to drain an extra $22 million from an endowment reserve account to soften the budget hit on public schools. This week, he derailed pumping more money into it. At issue are the 521 cottage sites IdahoContinue reading “Picking Sides”
Seen, unseen costs of stream access
Watch News In one of the classic essays in economics, Frederic Bastiat describes how breaking a windowpane generates two types of effects: the “seen” and the “unseen.” The seen effect is the window’s repair. A repairman replaces the window and receives payment for this service. Thus, broken windows make window repairmen better off. The unseenContinue reading “Seen, unseen costs of stream access”
Your Land is My Land: Property Rights in Montana
Cost: Registrations include lunch and the all-day forum. Before February 15, registration is $15 per person and includes a complimentary copy of Property Rights: A Practical Guide to Freedom & Prosperity by Terry L. Anderson and Laura E. Huggins. After February 15, registration is $20 per person. How to: By phone: Call PERC atContinue reading “Your Land is My Land: Property Rights in Montana”
The Great Green Jobs Flimflam
By Jane Chastain Some people learn from their mistakes. It appears Barack Obama is not one of them. Immediately, after assuming the office of president of the United States, Obama began clamoring for an unprecedented $787 billion dollar stimulus package. It was necessary, he told us, in order to put Americans back to work andContinue reading “The Great Green Jobs Flimflam”
The Environment and Entrepreneurship
January 12, 2010 Public Lecture Strathmore Univeristy January 12, 2009