Interesting post from Sea Grant Washington, though with broken links, on using microbes to clean up pollution in marine ecosystems: Experts in bioremediation, the technology that uses living organisms to break down hazardous materials...
Fresh water is scarce and has alternative uses. Should oysters in Florida to be valued more highly that watering lawns and growing crops in Georgia? This June 2 New York Times article, “A Fight...
Richard Stroup reflects on his time at the Department of the Interior trying to explain the key role of property rights in protecting environmental resources. In this short essay Dr. Stroup discusses the Audubon...
If you care about fish and the health of fisheries, or even just debating about fisheries, here is a book to put high on your summer reading list. University of Washington aquatic and fishery...
Excerpt below… highly recommended for overview of economics of marine natural resources. I invited the author to give a talk at an Economic Thinking or Independent Institute debate workshop, however he is now senior...
Consider that people gain ownership of a resource by the work it takes to create value, that is by mixing productive labor with land. A farmer’s labor with fences and plowing land sets boundaries...
by Marina Tanase (December, 2008) During the communist times Romanians who could, who dared, looked for ways to escape. There are as many stories as escape attempts. Each can impress upon readers the dangers those...
Introduction to The Economics of Space Exploration Gregory F. Rehmke Good public policy analysis requires perspective. Research on space exploration should include more than today’s facts, policies, and proposals. Further readings in the political and technological...
Very interesting WSJ article on U.S. transportation infrastructure. Billions are being invested upgrading U.S. railroads, including various new technologies. The federal government has little involvement in this upgrade. Railroad, apart from Amtrak, are privately...
