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Resolving Social Conflicts with Property Rights: Pollution

Environmental regulations are intended to minimize human impact on nature. But we must transform nature into the values that sustain

In Part 1, we examined the tragedy of the “commons.” In that post, the argument for government regulation was presented.

In 1968, Garrett Hardin wrote a highly influential article titled “The Tragedy of the Commons,” in which he examined the

In Part 1, we examined the “tragedy of the commons.” In Part 2, we examined how property rights can be

In Part 1, we examined the “tragedy of the commons.” In Part 2, we will examine how property rights can

The following is an excerpt from The Innovator Versus the Collective. For decades, the government has sought to reduce pollution