How much is enough? / Robert H. Nelson -- Economics, ethics, and ecology / Paul Heyne -- Environmental harms from federal government policy / Richard L. Stroup and Jane S. Shaw -- Clean water legislation / Roger E. Meiners and Bruce Yandle -- Superfund / Brett A. Dalton -- Acid rain and the Clean Air Act / David W. Riggs -- Fishing for property rights to fish / Terry L. Anderson and Donald R. Leal -- Community markets to control agricultural nonpoint source pollution / Bruce Yandle -- Risky business / Daniel K. Benjamin -- Environmental Calvinism / Robert H. Nelson.
Summary
After two decades of high-cost, low-output federal efforts to protect and improve environmental quality in the United States, the contributors to this volume argue that it is time to consider market-oriented solutions to environmental problems. Taking the Environment Seriously means learning from past experiences, initiating regulatory approaches that truly protect environmental property, and becoming serious about the business of managing and protecting environmental quality.