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Sorry; this was too good not to share: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/china_celebrates_its_status_as . China has now outstripped the rest fo the world in GHG emissions, as well. Government ownership of (and favoritism to) much of industry, a lack of clear or enforceable property rights and an...
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[Cross-posted...a while ago...on the parent blog ] So today was my first day at the Foundation for Economic Education, where I'll be interning over the summer, and I've already had some excellent debates; this is going to be a fantastic experience. Everyone seems really passionate and interesting...
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Yes, even enviros recognize the importance of clear and enforceable property rights in protecting wlidlife. A new report by TRAFFIC , the wildlife trade monitoring network, and WWF finds that "Well-managed wildlife trade has the potential to deliver significant development benfits for the world’s...
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I spend some good amount of time on evolving the idea of property rights on water resources, especially rivers. I checked the community threads about it, but most people (even here) have fallen back on the idea having rivers treated as public property, since craving property rights on river sounds too...
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[Cross-posted on the parent blog ] Climatic Shifts and the Right to Environmental Conditions The most obvious kind of rights infringement which could be caused by climate change involves damage done directly to individuals and property by environmental phenomena. Easiest to think about are the shifts...
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hjmaiere: People are interested in anthropogenic global warming because they subconsciously want it to be true . So they tell each other scary campfire stories, skillfully embellishing them with scientific jargon, nodding their heads in reassuring tribal consensus that something can and must be done...
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[Cross-posted on the parent blog ] Libertarian conceptions of justice are built around the idea that there are certain things which we may not do to people, because as individuals and ends in themselves, they are not to be used against their will for the benefit of others. These ideas are usually represented...
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[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...
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Juan: I am not sure whether you want a real conversation, but given your persistence, I'm willing to take the chance. Was what your score on the Austrian quiz? Mine was 95%. Not that it's that important; it just means I have some idea of what Austrian views are. The Austrian test "answer"...
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[Cross-posted on the parent blog ] If we are ever able to quantify the effects of pollution, we will still need to establish the degree to which particular contributors can be held accountable for those effects. It is important to recognize that in many cases, polluting acts have happened, and will continue...