It's a sad, sad story, now being played out practically wherever wild salmon stocks once were abundant. (This version refers to the Pacific Northwest, particularly to events in British Columbia). First, national governments wrest control over salmon fisheries from native peoples, and eliminate low...
I noted in my previous post - Avatar resonates in China - where standing up for property rights (and against "progress") can be downright subversive - that Avatar had hit a surprising chord in China. Perhaps not so surprisingly. China's censors have said they have seen enough of the band...
It looks as if James Cameron` s Avatar movie - which is seen by many in the West as predictibly shallow, anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, pro-enviro and racially politically correct - has struck a home-owners` rights chord that is resonating in China, and may reinforce popular demands in China for...
I copy here some thoughts I posted on two linked threads by Jeffrey Tucker and Stephan Kinsella in November regarding problems with intellectual property , as well as some relevant parts of the comment thread by Stephan and others: My own view has come around to the idea that state-created IP is abusive...
Searching for solutions to problems is admirable, but the effectiveness of such efforts will be limited if they are based on a faulty or incomplete understanding of the problem. Many of those who have some familiarity with the "tragedy of the commons" paradgim outlined by Garrett Hardin can...
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[Updated, as noted] [I now view this as my first "Avatar" post. February 15, 2010.] My attention was drawn today to a letter to the editor published by The Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) , an organization of free-thinkers who pioneered what is now known as " free market...
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