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Free enterprise environmentalism / Walter A. Block.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Block, Walter, 1941- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental economics.
- Environmentalism--Economic aspects.
- Environmentalism.
- Free enterprise.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I: Introduction
- Chapter 1: Private Property Rights and Environmentalism
- Introduction
- Air Pollution
- Waste Disposal
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Part II: Water
- Chapter 2: Ocean Real Estate
- Background
- Partial Rights
- Private Property
- How to Privatize
- Part III: Energy
- Chapter 3: Nuclear Power
- The Price-Anderson Act
- NRC Regulation
- Nuclear Waste and Pollution
- The Fate of the Nuclear Industry
- Notes
- Chapter 4: Energy Petition Memo to the NTU
- The Letter
- The Petition
- My Response
- Chapter 5: Oil and Gas Stations
- Gas Station Food Sales and Bicycle Rickshaws
- Beaufort Oil
- Part IV: Property Rights
- Chapter 6: Homesteading1
- Economic History
- Economic Theory
- Market Imperfections
- Perfect Competition
- Privatization?
- Super Bowl Tickets
- Other "Goods"
- Research and Development
- Chapter 7: Property in Space: Introduction
- Types of Environmentalism
- What Is the Space Environment?
- Property Rights and Problems of Space Pollution
- Is Space Pollution Even Possible?
- Air and Water Pollution in Space
- Other Pollution on the Moon and Celestial Bodies
- Space: The Ultimate Waste Dump
- "Wilderness" Preserves
- Terraforming
- What if There's Life?
- International Law and the Space Environment
- The Test Ban Treaty
- The Outer Space Treaty
- The Liability Convention
- The Moon Treaty
- Chapter 8: Land for Parks
- Public Parks: The New York City Case
- Part V: Environmental Economics
- Chapter 9: The Economics of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
- Introduction: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: A Casualty of Leasing Law or Candidate for Privatization?
- Environmental Socialism
- Government Leasing vs. Ownership
- The Audubon Example
- Chapter 10: Genetically Modified Foods
- Implications
- Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 11: Economics of the Environment
- The Handicapped and the Environment
- The Gaia Hypothesis
- Sustainable Growth, Slow Growth
- The Ivory Import Ban
- A Plan to Save Our Endangered Species
- Peter Pearse: A Modern-Day Henry George
- Note
- Chapter 12: Pollution
- Clichés of Politics
- Externalities and the Environment
- Part VI: Climate
- Natural Disasters
- Chapter 13: New Orleans' Future: Introduction
- Chapter 14: Weather Socialism
- Private Enterprise
- The Dead Hand of the Past
- Weather Socialism
- Chapter 15: Katrina
- Government and the Katrina Crisis
- Chapter 16: Price Gouging
- Basic Concepts
- Applications
- Part 7: Population
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 03, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Block, Walter, 1941- Free enterprise environmentalism
- ISBN:
- 9781498586863
- 1498586864
- Publisher Number:
- 40030809080
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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