Edwin G. Dolan

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TANSTAAFL: A Libertarian Perspective on Environmental Policy

01/11/2016 Edwin G. Dolan

In its most basic application, the TANSTAAFL principle is a simple statement of reality: everything of value has a cost. The TANSTAAFL principle can also be interpreted as a mandate for a policy of full-cost pricing. In a world where resources are

Austrian Environmental Economics Redux: A Reply to Art Carden and Walter Block

04/30/2015 Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics Edwin G. Dolan

Volume 18, Number 1 (Spring 2015) ABSTRACT: In March 2014, I presented a paper on Austrian Environmental Economics in Auburn, Alabama, as the F.A. Hayek Memorial Lecture at the Austrian Economics...

The Austrian Paradigm in Environmental Economics: Theory and Practice

08/21/2014 Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics Edwin G. Dolan

Volume 17, No. 2 (Summer 2014) It has been 40 years now since South Royalton conference on Austrian Economics. Already by the 25 th anniversary, one participant had declared that conference to be the...

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