How exactly do you transfer commons into private ownership in a fair way, even for easily divided up stuff like land? That's the trillion dollar question that someone asked me on a recent thread ( http://blog.mises.org/archives/007152.asp#comments ) regarding my suggestion that better definition...
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[Previously posted on a recent thread ( Malthus and Mein Kampf come to Cork - thanks, Sean Corrigan !) in response to someone who is concerned about environmental problems but is unfamiliar with Austrian approaches.] Man is clever but not wise ("homo sapiens" is a misnomer) and we remain very...
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"Not all externalities are crimes, and as long as CO2 does not make clear victims, it should be left as an externality for people to adapt to ...." In response to this statement on a recent thread ( http://blog.mises.org/archives/007152.asp#comments ), I observed, in the context of the impact...
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Roy Cordato has cogently summarized his views and the work of his Austrian colleagues here: http://mises.org/story/1760 . Thoughts on what this framework implies for modern issues are welcome. Below are some favorite excerpts, with emphasis added: "Austrian economics lacks a formalized, self-conscious...
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[update: see additional links at bottom - including to discussions of Austrian concerns] [update2: at bottom] Climate change skeptic Benny Peiser of the Liverpool John Moores University recently circulated these links and excerpts via his "CCNet" mailing list (
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