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.
Leal, Donald R. (Ed.) : PERC
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.
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.
Table of Contents
Visions of the Environment
Rethinking the Way We Think
From Free Grass to Fences
From Barbed Wire to Red Tape
Bureaucracy vs. Environmentalism
Inside Our Outdoor Policy
Harmonizing Ecology and Energy
Priming the Invisible Pump
Homesteading the Oceans
Marketing Garbage
The Global Commons Debate
Calling on Communities
Purity vs. Pragmatism
