How the State Makes Wildfires Bigger and Deadlier
Humans have a tremendous amount of agency in how dangerous natural disasters end up being. Unfortunately, most politicians and government officials have become a major part of the problem.
Humans have a tremendous amount of agency in how dangerous natural disasters end up being. Unfortunately, most politicians and government officials have become a major part of the problem.
The very term “environmental activist” tells us that Greta and her ilk care not a whit for the betterment of mankind, except in the most theoretical and secondary way. It is the “environment” that is the end goal.
In pursuing the so-called green economy, Great Britain’s Labour Government must resort to socialist planning and totalitarian propaganda.
Connor O'Keeffe argues that California's wildfire crisis is not simply a climate story but a government failure story.
My objective is to take the socialist calculation problem and apply it to environmental economics. Environmental regulation is really a variety of government planning and is a poor foundation for policy.
Conflict over the natural world often originates in people’s different conceptions of how the natural world can and should be used. Entrepreneurship in a free market helps settle these conflicts peacefully, without one group using the power of the state to force its preferences on others.
Neo-Malthusian Paul Ehrlich recently passed away, but not before his false doomsday claims made his a very wealthy man.
Neo-Malthusian Paul Ehrlich recently passed away, but not before his false doomsday claims made him a very wealthy man.
Dr. Timothy Terrell explains how entrepreneurs and property rights can protect forests, wildlife, and open spaces better than bureaucracies, using real-world examples of “enviropreneurs” who profit by conserving nature instead of exploiting it.
Will the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) succeed? If the regulatory story of DDT is a prime example of government regulation in action, then the answer is a resounding no.