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Re: Hermann Goering on Anthropogenic Global Warming

[quote user="Juan"]There are enviromental ideologues who indeed oppose human freedom. There are people who are in it for the money, for instance, the ones involved in the ethanol scam. The mass media and mainstream 'scientists' also are highly motivated by profits. And a part of the...

Posted to Political Theory by TokyoTom on Fri, Apr 18 2008

What enivronmental measures do you support?

Let's say man-made global warming is a real threat. In the abscence of anarcho-capitalism, what law would you support to address this issue? I see much hostility here toward the "social engineers" (aka most environmentalists) since none of their statist solutions would solve anything. At...

Posted to General by afruff23 on Tue, Feb 19 2008

Property rights and fishing

Over at Cafe Hayek , Don Boudreaux blogs about fishing and property rights. This got me thinking: What is necessary for rational allocation of fishing rights? Clearly, treating the ocean's fish as totally unownable is problematic, as that sort of thing would naturally lead to overfishing. At first...

Posted to Natural Order by Grant on Tue, Oct 2 2007
Filed under: Environment, Property Rights, Hayek, Commons