Archive for John A. Baden

A Century of Forest Service Ineptitude

John A. Baden is chairman of the Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE) and the Gallatin Institute, an organization for writers of the West. Andrew C. St. Lawrence, an intern at FREE and the Gallatin Institute, is a student at Montana State University studying animal and range science. This year marks the [...]

1Oct1997 | | 0 comments | Continued

Linking Liberty, Economy, and Ecology

Much environmental writing is marked by a profound disregard, even hostility, toward property rights and individual liberty. Self-interest is an evil to be combatted. And markets, at best, provide mechanisms for people to express their self-interest in ways injurious to the earth. To some Greens, economic progress implies planetary suicide. Instead, environmental groups offer eco-empathy, [...]

1Sep1993 | | 0 comments | Continued

Lessons from the Road: The Evolution of an Eatery

Dr. Baden is Chairman of the Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE), with offices in Seattle, Washington, and Bozeman, Montana. Dr. Marotz-Baden is Professor of Health and Human Development at Montana State University, Bozeman. We spend much of each summer traveling from Bozeman, Montana, to academic and environmental conferences throughout the West. [...]

1Feb1991 | | 0 comments | Continued

Perspective: Economics and Ecology

Only under certain institutional arrangements do we find complementarity between economic and ecologic goals. Specifically, only institutions that tightly link authority to act with responsibility for the outcome of the action foster both. Political management often weakens or eliminates the link between authority and responsibility. One good way to produce these benefits is to design [...]

1Mar1989 | | 0 comments | Continued

Lessons in a Supermarket

Dr. John Baden is Chairman of the Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE), with offices in Dallas, Texas, and Bozeman, Montana. Dr. Ramona Marotz-Baden is a Senior Associate of FREE and a Professor at Montana State University. Bozeman, Montana, a town with 30,000 people, contains a modest supermarket that offers valuable lessons. [...]

1Feb1989 | | 0 comments | Continued

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