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Tragedy of the panicked enviro IV: not capitalism, but intensive use of unowned resources is the problem by TokyoTom

This is my third follow-up post to " Grist and the tragedy of the panicked enviro ", where I try to clarify the institutional frameworks for understanding and addressing resource problems, in response to confusion in comments by others. cyberfarer...

Save wild fisheries - buy your certified sustainable salmon from Walmart! by TokyoTom

I've blogged before on the "tragedy of the commons"/bureaucratic mismanagement problems that underlie the crashing of the West Coast salmon fisheries and that imperil the giant Atlantic bluefin tuna ; a recent article by Fortune shows that...

Whales and fisheries - "standing up to Japan", or managing/enclosing the commons? by TokyoTom

Dave Neiwert , a thoughtful voice on the left and with an experienced, informed view on America's right-wing racist fringe, has a rather confused post up on whaling on his blog, Orcinus . http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2008/02/standing-up-to-japan.html...