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"Endangered Species Act"

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Blogger Lysander Spooner said...

For every prickly spot of obscure vegetation supposededly harmed by private ownership, there's a majestic beast being saved by the forces of the market.

Wild Success: Saving elephants, crocodiles, and othr endangered wildlife once meant trampled crops and violent death to the villagers of Southern Africa. Now community-based capitalism is turning once-fearsome pests into valuable sources of wealth--with lessons for America

Of course, the resurgence of elephant populations isn't nearly as interesting a fact as the fate of the truly electrifying San Fernando Spineflower.

1/7/07, 6:09 PM

Blogger Lysander Spooner said...

*supposedly

1/7/07, 6:12 PM

Anonymous Arthur L. Miller said...

It's called "shoot, shovel, and shut up". It's likely why the ivory-billed woodpecker really went extinct, or will: any farmer seeing one would be far better to kill it and burn or bury it.

1/8/07, 12:01 AM

Anonymous Russell said...

This sort of perverse disincentive is similar to how civil rights laws encourage discrimination against the minorities they purport to help.

For instance, any employer is aware of how many lawsuits he's opening himself up to if he hires a black guy that turns out to be a lousy employee. A white employee who wasn't working out could just be fired, but a black guy brings the real risk of an expensive or troublesome lawsuit. The rational thing for the employer is to just try to minimize hiring blacks.

1/9/07, 10:20 PM

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