Archive for Roger E. Meiners
The Green Scare
Roger Meiners teaches in the economics department at the University of Texas, Arlington, and is a senior associate at PERC. During the Cold War, anti-communist activists were accused of using Red Scare tactics. They were parodied along these lines: The communists were everywhere, maybe even under your bed, so support the politicians who would spend [...]
1May1999 | Roger E. Meiners | 1 comment | ContinuedSo-Called Property Rights?
Remember William Weld? He was the Massachusetts governor (and presumed presidential wannabe), who resigned so President Clinton could appoint him to dispense advice as ambassador to Mexico. Those plans were derailed by Senator Jesse Helms, so now he makes money in Boston perhaps while planning his political future. Weld wrote an op-ed in the New [...]
1Apr1999 | Roger E. Meiners | 0 comments | ContinuedMoney for Nothing: Politicians, Rent Extraction, and Political Extortion by Fred McChesney
Harvard University Press • 1997 • 230 pages • $35.00 Roger Meiners is a professor of law and economics at the University of Texas-Arlington and senior associate at the Political Economy Research Center. As F. A. Hayek explained in his introduction to The Road to Serfdom, a half-century ago the future of the world was [...]
1Apr1998 | Roger E. Meiners | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Role of Rights
The modern environmental movement was launched in the early 1960s. Rachel Carson’s 1962 book, Silent Spring, triggered fears of chemicals. Concern about dirty air was heightened by a London smog disaster that same year and several noteworthy pollution incidents in the United States. Such events increased awareness among the public, elected representatives, and the media [...]
1Mar1995 | Roger E. Meiners | 0 comments | Continued-
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