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
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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
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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
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