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...
On the main Mises blog, Bob Murphy has just advocated opening ANWR and the OCS to oil and natural gas exploration and development , for the purpose of providing "rapid relief at the pump". As my comment has been held up - it only had two links for Pete's sake! - I've decided to post...
It's long been obvious that: (1) government policy concerning the use of public lands is highly bureaucratized, often inept and subject to behind the scenes sweet deals favoring insiders; (2) discussions about how the public lands should be used often very politicized; (3) politicization is especially...