Environmentalism
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What ESGers Don’t Understand
“ESGers & Co., in short, want the power to free favored individuals or groups from having to play by the rules of the market.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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In Praise of Parking Lots
“There’s a good reason why Kansas’s wheat fields, Texas’s hunting reserves, New Jersey’s cranberry bogs, and Florida’s orange groves aren’t parking lots.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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Sailing the Blue Sea? We’d Rather Propel Through…
“Like many other witty machinations, environmentalist intentions to ‘overhaul’ transportation in international trade will not succeed, because it does not reduce costs or increase speed. ” ~ Luis Carlos Araujo Quintero
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Fungi Bombs and Food Markets
“That people make choices and can substitute towards cheaper items is an underappreciated point for those concerned about fungal pathogens. While fungi might increase prices of some goods, people can purchase relatively cheaper ones. This suggests they might be less likely to suffer from food shortages.” ~ Byron Carson
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The Tyranny of the Vanguard
“If the masses rebel, it’s not clear they will have any reliable means for pushing back effectively against the environmental vanguard and those in the bureaucratic and scientific communities who share their disdain for the retrograde masses.” ~ James E. Hanley
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Picking Winners Before the Green Flag is Waved
“Is it possible that by placing bets on who will win the race early on, government officials actually end up fixing the race so the best car doesn’t always win?” ~ Sean Mulholland and Anthony Gill
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The Collapse of the USSR Was One the Best Things that Happened to the Environment
“These proportions suggest that the collapse of the USSR was an incredibly cheap climate-change mitigation ‘policy.’ Indeed, the mitigation was itself a benefit to economic growth rather than a cost.” ~ Vincent Geloso
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Emotions and Climate Change
“Conversations on campus are increasingly radical and will inevitably bleed into the mainstream dialogue. Be ready.” ~ Paul Schwennesen
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Reduce, Reuse, and…Refuse?
“The last thing we want is to make our virtue signaling but inefficient recycling the modern equivalent of buying indulgences to atone for alleged environmental sins.” ~ Bruce Rottman
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Earth Day, Waste and Productive Complements
“The analysis of productive complements opens the door to understanding the incentives that private property rights and markets provide to reduce waste and pollution, which is so at odds with one of the most common defamations made against them.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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What ESGers Don’t Understand
“ESGers & Co., in short, want the power to free favored individuals or groups from having to play by the rules of the market.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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In Praise of Parking Lots
“There’s a good reason why Kansas’s wheat fields, Texas’s hunting reserves, New Jersey’s cranberry bogs, and Florida’s orange groves aren’t parking lots.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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Sailing the Blue Sea? We’d Rather Propel Through…
“Like many other witty machinations, environmentalist intentions to ‘overhaul’ transportation in international trade will not succeed, because it does not reduce costs or increase speed. ” ~ Luis Carlos Araujo Quintero
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Fungi Bombs and Food Markets
“That people make choices and can substitute towards cheaper items is an underappreciated point for those concerned about fungal pathogens. While fungi might increase prices of some goods, people can purchase relatively cheaper ones. This suggests they might be less likely to suffer from food shortages.” ~ Byron Carson
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The Tyranny of the Vanguard
“If the masses rebel, it’s not clear they will have any reliable means for pushing back effectively against the environmental vanguard and those in the bureaucratic and scientific communities who share their disdain for the retrograde masses.” ~ James E. Hanley
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Picking Winners Before the Green Flag is Waved
“Is it possible that by placing bets on who will win the race early on, government officials actually end up fixing the race so the best car doesn’t always win?” ~ Sean Mulholland and Anthony Gill
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The Collapse of the USSR Was One the Best Things that Happened to the Environment
“These proportions suggest that the collapse of the USSR was an incredibly cheap climate-change mitigation ‘policy.’ Indeed, the mitigation was itself a benefit to economic growth rather than a cost.” ~ Vincent Geloso
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Emotions and Climate Change
“Conversations on campus are increasingly radical and will inevitably bleed into the mainstream dialogue. Be ready.” ~ Paul Schwennesen
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Reduce, Reuse, and…Refuse?
“The last thing we want is to make our virtue signaling but inefficient recycling the modern equivalent of buying indulgences to atone for alleged environmental sins.” ~ Bruce Rottman
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Earth Day, Waste and Productive Complements
“The analysis of productive complements opens the door to understanding the incentives that private property rights and markets provide to reduce waste and pollution, which is so at odds with one of the most common defamations made against them.” ~ Gary M. Galles