Happy Earth Day! Simon Abundance Index Reports That Earth Is 570.9 Percent More Abundant in 2019 Than It Was in 1980.
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Natural Resources
Stupid Federal Shipping Regulations Will Prevent Alaskans From Buying Alaskan Natural Gas
The Jones Act isn't saving American shipbuilders, but it's driving up prices for Americans.
Resources Are Almost 5 Times as Abundant as They Were in 1980
New Simon Abundance Index elegantly refutes primitive zero-sum intuitions with respect to population and resource availability trends.
Changes in Commodities Prices Since 1960 Show a Richer World
The World Bank recently updated the "Pink Sheet."
Sliding Down the Super-Cycle: Resource Doom Postponed Indefinitely
Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham admits he was wrong about "peak everything."
Current Commodity Super-Cycle Slide Confounds Resource Doomsters
Investor Jeremy Grantham makes "an admission of a past mistake on resources."
Maryland Man Fined $50 for Picking Berries in Park
A Maryland man received a $50 ticket for picking raspberries. The ticket charged him with "destroying/interfering with plants to wit: berries."
Is China Winning the Race for Resources?: Ronald Bailey at Cato Unbound
"Racing" for resources is economically misconceived.
Fracking Can Help the Environment
"Low energy costs are good because they free resources for other production, including the production of environmental protection."
Got Environmental Problems? Think Government.
Foreign Policy identifies true environmental catastrophes, but misses the main cause.
Peak Everything?
Forget peak oil. What about peak lithium, peak neodymium, and peak phosphorus?
Self-Governance Works
Elinor Ostrom's research shows that free people can overcome the "tragedy of the commons"
Elinor Ostrom on the Market, the State, and the Third Sector
The remarkable achievements of the Nobel Prize-winning economist
Alaskan Oil Abundance Versus Washington's Wasted Billions
The case for new oil drilling in Alaska and off America's coasts
The Invisible Hand of Population Control
The tragedy of the commons meets economic freedom
Obama and the Alternative Energy Fiasco
The president is wrong to block oil and gas production.
Yielding to Ideology Over Science
Why don't environmentalists celebrate modern farming on Earth Day?
Does Nature Have Economic Value?
Ecological economists know the price of everything--and the value of nothing.
Poll Finds Jobs, Environment Are Top Priority for Americans
...but so is almost everything else.
Coal Will Still Be King
But can capturing and storing it make it climate friendly?