The Environment
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5. Environmentalism
Environmentalism sees market failure as the cause of environmental problems. Block sees the absence of private property rights and the interference of government as the causes of problems. Libertarianism provides solutions. Man is not a cancer on the planet. Markets have not failed.
Law, Property Rights, and Air Pollution
Modern variants of positive legal theory state that the law should be what the legislators say it is. But what principles are to guide the legislators?
The Polluting State
Jayant Bhandar writes of the real environmental problem that exists the world over: irresponsible "public servants" who care nothing for property rights.
Target: Private Enterprise
The Supreme Court overturned the guilty verdict against Arthur Andersen Company, writes William Anderson, but it came too late to save the firm.
The Climate Debate: When Science Serves the State
With the Kyoto Treaty, writes Joseph Potts, government and science have found each other, and the spawn of this marriage look set to destroy global wealth on a scale that will render the greatest of history’s wars trivial by comparison.
Are Tsunamis Good for the Economy?
Surely, no one would dare to apply the Bastiat's Broken Window fallacy to the human tragedy that is still playing itself out along the rim of the Indian Ocean. And yet Chris Westley has discovered that at least one economist has done so.
Snowed by Road Statism
Every winter of bad weather brings us the same scenes of bleak road and highway conditions. Paul Servodio suggests one fix: eliminate public ownership and all that goes with it.
The Malthusian Trap
Any numbskull can find statistics to show that if the resource base stays the same and population increases then all hell will break loose, writes Benjamin Marks. This is the Malthusian mirage.
