All Posts Tagged With: "Bruce Yandle"
The “I Hate the Poor” Act of 2009
So I was shaving the other day, and the man on the morning talk radio show was on a roll. Cash for Clunkers was being temporarily shut down, or so declared the PR flack in the Department of Waste that administers the program, and Talk Show Guy thought this taught great lessons. “This was a good program! [...]
23Oct2009 | Christopher Westley | 4 comments | ContinuedCommon Sense and Common Law for the Environment: Creating Wealth in Hummingbird Economies
Peter Hill is a senior associate of the Political Economy Research Center in Bozeman, Montana, and professor of economics at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. Surely one of the more problematic issues for people with a principled commitment to free markets is the environment. Such people generally have a deep respect for individual rights, and environmental [...]
1Aug1998 | Peter J. Hill | 1 comment | ContinuedLand Rights: The 1990s Property Rights Rebellion
Richard and Nancy Delene intended to create their own little wildlife reserve in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. They purchased over 100 acres of duck ponds and wildlife habitat and sought to improve upon it, making it a more attractive home for indigenous species. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources had other ideas. The Delenes were ordered [...]
1Feb1996 | Jonathan H. Adler | 0 comments | Continued-
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