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Parks Property Rights, and the Possibilities of the Private Law

James P. Beckwith, Jr. - In: Cato Journal 1 (1981) 2, pp. 473-499

It is commonly assumed that private property rights are incompati- ble with the preservation of such environmental and recreational amenities as our national parks and that governmental ownership is therefore required. This paper takes a different approach and ar- gues that private alternatives...

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Competing for the Rental Value of Federal Land: The Assignment of Use Rights and Their Regulation

Libecap, Gary D. - In: Cato Journal 1 (1981) 2, pp. 391-404

Growth of the governmental regulation of economic activities since the depression is normally associated with industrial produc- tion.â€™ Indeed, pollution controls, work-safety requirements, and antitrust actions have recently been cited as contributing to declin- ing productivity and...

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Toward a Free Market in Forest Resources

Batten, Charles R. - In: Cato Journal 1 (1981) 2, pp. 501-517

conser- vation argue that resources must be conserved by government decree. Their position is based largely on a distrust of …

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The Myth of Neutral Taxation

Rothbard, Murray N. - In: Cato Journal 1 (1981) 2, pp. 519-564

, neutral to the market. Free-market economists have advocated such neutrality of government, and even economists favoring … redistributive actions by government have believed that the service activities and the re- distributive activities of government can … neutral government; the paper argues that all government activities necessari(y divert incomes, re- sources, and assets from …

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Cost-Benefit Analysis, Environmentalism, and Rights

Langlois, Richard N. - In: Cato Journal 2 (1982) 1, pp. 279-304

T0 the practical mind, particularly one trained in economics, it might sound a trifle paradoxical to suggest that the truly important issues in a public policy debate have nothing to do with the relative efficacy of the policy options. Paradoxical or not, this is very often the case. And there...

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Cost-Benefit Analysis, Environmentalism, and Rights

Langlois, Richard N. - In: Cato Journal 2 (1982) 1, pp. 279-304

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Pollution as Moral Coercion: Culture, Risk Perception, and Libertarian Values

Wildavsky, Aaron - In: Cato Journal 2 (1982) 1, pp. 305-333

time. There are forms of government and ways of life that make it their explicit pur- pose to guard individuals against …

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Plastic Land in the Post-Industrial Era

Hicks, Donald A. - In: Cato Journal 2 (1982) 2, pp. 437-471

In a narrow sense, this paper has a dual focus land and the settle- ment form generally referred to as the city. My specific concern is their relationship to each other and to the structural changes that define the transformation of the larger economy. Land at base is a production factoi' whose...

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Pollution as Moral Coercion: Culture, Risk Perception, and Libertarian Values

Wildavsky, Aaron - In: Cato Journal 2 (1982) 1, pp. 305-333

time. There are forms of government and ways of life that make it their explicit pur- pose to guard individuals against …

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Government Exactions and Revenue Deficiencies

Laffer, Arthur B. - In: Cato Journal 1 (1981) 1, pp. 1-21

The proposition that increases in tax rates discourage market- sector production and may therefore, beyond a certain level, be counterproductive in raising tax revenue is an old issue in the eco- nomic literature. Its recent revival has generated considerable con- troversy and interest among...

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