Here are some links based on my “Environmental and Resource Economics” lecture. The audio will be available at Mises.org soon. After the IHS Liberty & Society seminar I taught at in June, we collected links relevant to the discussions we had there. The links are here. For links on resource economics more specifically, here is an excellent EconTalk discussion with Mike Munger on the economics of recycling.
Responsible Europeans would welcome a scheme under which future American investment were determined, not by political priorities, but by considerations of where the capital would bring the highest return.
Here is a very cheeky piece from William F. Buckley from the Old Freedom, August 1954, in which is presents a choice that “conservatives” face. On the one side are those who don’t want the Cold War because they value liberty at home and because socialism ultimately eats itself without outside help. On the other side are those who believe that power should be used to liberate communist countries. WFB at this point doesn’t actually say which he favors but look at what he realizes about the position he came to endorse:
Paul Krugman has a recent post, giving two reasons why the free market cannot cure health care. As should be no surprise to a Mises.org reader, Krugman is quite wrong.Drawing from a classic article by Kenneth Arrow, Krugman gives two main reasons that health care is something that cannot be left to a free market.
Lilburne’s recent article quotes Bernanke, on housing prices:
