What needs to be done? Simply, an end to corrupt rule and heavy taxes and regulatory burdens, central planning and intrusive foreign aid "development" schemes (that feed local elites and foreign contractors), and free and open trade with foreign nations. Further to my prior post , here are...
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TokyoTom
on Thu, Jan 21 2010
Filed under: tragedy of commons, property, agriculture subsidies, rule of law, aid, Haiti, corruption
[Note: Richard Ebeling `s piece on the Jan. 19 Mises Daily page (" Real Economic Reform for a Hurting Haiti ") is the most thoughtful libertarian take so far.] I found these four pieces (two post-quake, two before) interesting. Haiti Didn't Become a Poor Nation All on Its Own -- The U.S's...
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on Tue, Jan 19 2010
Filed under: tragedy of commons, property, agriculture subsidies, rule of law, aid, Haiti, corruption
As a follow-up to my earlier posts (note: link fixed) on how the rape of East African fisheries ($200-300 million per year) & ocean dumping by Western nations led to the rise of Somali piracy, I just ran across this interesting recent report by AP (" Kenya fishermen see upside to pirates: more...
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on Tue, Jan 12 2010
Filed under: tragedy of commons, property, fisheries, piracy, Somalia, Kenya, natives, Avatar
David R. Henderson has a nice post up at Antiwar.com , titled "In Defense of Avatar" , in which he takes issue with reviews of Avatar by Reihan Salam and Edward Hudgins . (My earlier comments on Stephan Kinsella`s review of Avatar are here .) I would just note that Henderson has presumed that...
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TokyoTom
on Tue, Jan 12 2010
Filed under: tragedy of commons, property, ostrom, theft, Corporate socialism, Enviro Derangement Syndrome, Kinsella
[updated] A great new post by libertarian Ron Bailey of Reason here: Congratulations to Al Gore But be wary of the man's proposed solutions for global warming. Ronald Bailey | October 12, 2007 http://www.reason.com/news/show/122960.html 1. Here are some excerpts (emphasis added), followed by a copy...
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on Mon, Oct 15 2007
Filed under: climate, tragedy of commons, environment, property, ostrom, gore, yandle, Ron Bailey, fisheries