Free Market Environmentalism

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

• ISBN13: 9780312235031
• ISBN10: 0312235038
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-03
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The original edition of this seminal book, published in 1991, introduced the concept of using markets and property rights to protect and improve environmental quality. Since publication, the ideas in this book have been adopted not only by conservative circles but by a wide range of environmental groups. To mention a few examples, Defenders of Wildlife applies the tenets of free market environmentalism to its wolf compensation program; World Wildlife Federation has successfully launched the CAMPFIRE program in southern Africa to reward native villagers who conserve elephants; and the Oregon Water Trust uses water markets to purchase or lease water for salmon and steelhead habitats. This revised edition updates the successful applications of free market environmentalism and adds two new chapters.

Author Biography

Terry L. Anderson is Executive Director of the Political Economy Research Center (PERC), in Bozeman, Montana and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

Donald R. Leal is a Senior Associate at PERC, editor or author of three books, and contributing author to six books that cover various aspects of environmental policy.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Visions of the Environment	1	(8)
Rethinking the Way We Think	9	(18)
From Free Grass to Fences	27	(10)
From Barbed Wire to Red Tape	37	(10)
Bureaucracy versus Environment---The Beat Goes On	47	(12)
Inside Our Outdoor Policy	59	(16)
Ecology and Energy: Prospecting for Harmony	75	(14)
Priming the Invisible Pump	89	(18)
Homesteading the Oceans	107	(16)
Marketing Garbage: The Solution to Pollution	123	(20)
Calling on Communities	143	(16)
Taking Free Market Environmentalism Global	159	(12)
Purity versus Pragmatism	171	(16)
Notes	187	(24)
Bibligraphy	211	(18)
Index	229