Free Market Environmentalism

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 ci

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Free Market Environmentalism Revised Edition

Terry L. Anderson and Donald R. Leal

FREE MARKET ENVIRONMENTALISM

Copyright © Terry L. Anderson and Donald R. Leal, 2001 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2001 978-0-312-23502-4 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published 2001 by PALGRAVE™ 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE is the new global publishing imprint of St. Martin ’s Press LLC Scholarly and Reference Division and Palgrave Publishers Ltd (formerly Macmillan Press Ltd).

ISBN 978-0-312-23503-1 ISBN 978-0-312-29973-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780312299736 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Anderson, Terry Lee, 1946Free market environmentalism: revised edition / by Terry L. Anderson and Donald R. Leal. p. cm. Rev. ed. Of: Free market environmentalism. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Environmental policy—United States. 2. Free enterprise—United States. 3. Natural resources United States—Management. I. Leal, Donald. II. Anderson, Terry Lee, 1946HC110.E5 .A66163 2000 333.7’0973—dc21

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A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Westchester Book Composition First edition: January 2001 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

C O N T E N T S

List of Tables and Figures

vii

Acknowledgments

ix

Chapter 1

Visions of the Environment

1

Chapter 2

Rethinking the Way We Think

9

Chapter 3

From Free Grass to Fences

27

Chapter 4

From Barbed Wire to Red Tape

37

Chapter 5

Bureaucracy versus Environment—The Beat Goes On

47

Chapter 6

Inside Our Outdoor Policy

59

Chapter 7

Ecology and Energy: Prospecting for Harmony

75

Chapter 8

Priming the Invisible Pump

89

Chapter 9

Homesteading the Oceans

107

Chapter 10

Marketing Garbage: The Solution to Pollution

123

Chapter 11

Calling on Communities

143

Chapter 12

Taking Free Market Environmentalism Global

159

Chapter 13

Purity versus Pragmatism

171

Notes

187

Bibliography

211

Index

229

To Bill Dunn, idea entrepreneur, friend, and fisherman

L I S T T A B L E S

A N D

O F F I G U R E S

Tables 6.1

Predicted Harvest Age by Ownership Type and the Number of RCW Colonies Within a 25-Mile Radius. FIA Data.

73

7.1

Wilderness Acres Managed by the Federal Government

78

7.2

Annual Revenue for Selected Environmental Organizations in the United States 86

7.3

Lobbyists Spending in Washington, D.C.

87

7.4

Potential Annual Revenues of the Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument

88

8.1

Examples of Subsidies to Irrigation

91

8.2

Project Viability—Value vs. Cost

92

8.3

Western U.S. Water Acquisitions by Region, 1990–1997

101

9.1

Sample of U.S. Fish Stocks Being Overfished, September 1998

108

9.2

Representative List of Stoc