Free Market Environmentalism

by Anderson, Terry L.; Leal, Donald R.

• ISBN13: 9780936488332
• ISBN10: 0936488336
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-09-01
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	ix	(2)
Acknowledgments	xi
1 Visions of the Environment	1	(8)
Notes	8	(1)
2 Rethinking the Way We Think	9	(15)
Scientific Management or Economics Without Prices	12	(5)
Getting the Incentives Right	17	(5)
Conclusion	22	(1)
Notes	23	(1)
3 From Free Grass to Fences	24	(13)
The Cowboy Frontier	26	(1)
Land	27	(3)
Livestock	30	(2)
Water	32	(1)
Conclusion	33	(1)
Notes	34	(3)
4 From Barbed Wire to Red Tape/with Timothy Iijima	37	(14)
Allegations of Waste	38	(2)
Evidence to the Contrary	40	(5)
Commodity Efficiency or Aesthetics?	45	(2)
Conclusion	47	(1)
Notes	48	(3)
5 Bureaucracy Versus Environment	51	(10)
Timber Beasts Versus Tree Huggers	52	(2)
Plant Control on the Range	54	(1)
The "Water" Pork Barrel	55	(2)
A Bird's-Eye View of Farm Policy	57	(1)
Conclusion	58	(1)
Notes	59	(2)
6 Inside Our Outdoor Policy	61	(19)
The Economics of Outdoor Recreation	63	(2)
Is There Market Failure?	65	(3)
Markets at Work	68	(3)
Government Interference	71	(4)
Where Do We Go from Here?	75	(1)
Notes	76	(4)
7 Ecology and Energy: Prospecting for Harmony	80	(19)
Costs Are Subjective	81	(1)
The Political Choice	82	(2)
The All-or-Nothing Approach	84	(3)
The Potential for Sensitive Development	87	(3)
From Private to Public Harmony	90	(5)
Conclusion	95	(1)
Notes	96	(3)
8 Going with the Flow: Expanding Water Markets	99	(22)
The Prior Appropriation Doctrine	101	(3)
Extending the Paradigm	104	(13)
Conclusion	117	(1)
Notes	118	(3)
9 Homesteading the Oceans	121	(14)
The Ocean Commons	122	(3)
Regulating the Ocean Fishery	125	(3)
Policy Alternatives	128	(3)
Conclusion	131	(1)
Notes	132	(3)
10 Marketing Garbage: The Solution to Pollution	135	(19)
Water and Marine Pollution	136	(5)
Assessing Second-Best Policies	141	(3)
A Marketlike Alternative	144	(3)
The Free Market Environmentalist Approach	147	(2)
Conclusion	149	(2)
Notes	151	(3)
11 Tackling the Tougher Problems	154	(21)
Regulating SO(2) and Acid Rain	155	(4)
Global Warming or a Lot of Hot Air?	159	(2)
What if Chicken Little Is Right?	161	(2)
Getting the Signals Right	163	(1)
A Property Rights Approach	164	(3)
Sustainable Development Versus Free Market Environmentalism	167	(5)
Notes	172	(3)
Bibliography	175	(11)
Index	186	(5)
About the Book and Authors	191