[92] in libertarians
Laissez Faire Book News: MAN AND NATURE
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Whitten)
Thu Jul 21 13:01:45 1994
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 12:53:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: Chris Whitten <whitten@panix.com>
Apparently-To: <libertarians@mit.edu>
MAN AND NATURE
Introduction by
Hans F. Sennholz
(reviewed by Jim Powell)
All the environmentalists claim that only government power can
save our environment. Yet this 20-essay collection from the Foundation for
Economic Education provides abundant evidence that government power is
the principal destroyer of our environment. Contributors include Thomas
DiLorenzo, Tibor Machan, Gary North, David Osterfeld, Sylvester Petro,
Leonard Read, Lawrence Reed and George Reisman.
Big government is America's biggest polluter, the authors show.
DiLorenzo, for example, tells how the Tennessee Valley Authority operates
59 coal-fired power plants, and how as a branch of the federal
government, it has the political clout to evade pollution control laws.
Municipalities spew sewage into waterways and run thousands of dumps.
In his standout essay, Jorge Amador shows how politically-powerful
lobbyists have gained a free pass to pollute. For example, the
Superfund law bans private lawsuits against farmers who pollute with
pesticides and gas stations which may have spilled oil.
Amador goes on to explain how pollution was long limited by the
law of nuisance which enabled private individuals to sue polluters and
collect damages. He discusses key changes in the law which severely
restricted private property rights and gave government the power to go
after polluters. He reports how polluters subsequently pulled political
strings and got off easy.
Economist Don Leal tells how, during the 19th century, farmers,
miners and others out West developed efficient water markets which
determined who got how much water from the rivers. Then states as well
as the federal government nullified these water markets and subsidized
water projects, squandering water.
This essay collection covers so much more about environmental
policy...a scathing report card on socialist pollution...how the
Endangered Species Act throttles human rights...the case against "animal
rights"...how to cut landfill needs almost in half without compromising
our lifestyles...how private organizations maintain millions of acres of
private parklands in all 50 states...how private ownership of elephants
in Africa has led to a remarkable elephant boom.
Book No. EN6115 (paperback) 221p. $14.95
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