Bishop Robert Byrne of Hexham and Newcastle described Laudato Si, published five years ago next week, as a “prophetic document … Continue reading “The Church, property rights and the environment”

Many people believe that Brexit will be bad for the environment. The EU has major responsibilities in this policy area, … Continue reading “Will free trade help the environment after Brexit?”

There is a strong case to be made that the most important pre-requisite for a sustainable environment is a society … Continue reading “Most environmental problems are really just tragedy-of-the-commons problems. Private property rights are the answer”

Pope Francis’ encyclical, ‘Laudato si’, is an important contribution to the theology and morality of the earth’s ecology in the … Continue reading “Property rights and the environment – a response to Pope Francis’ encyclical”

The current approach adopted by the international development community to guarantee education for all (EFA) across the developing world can … Continue reading “Education for all: a polycentric approach”

Throughout her career the late Elinor Ostrom was keen to avoid crude ideological labelling, and the title of her 2012 Hayek … Continue reading “Elinor Ostrom on privatisation”

Throughout her career the late Elinor Ostrom was keen to avoid crude ideological labelling, and the title of her 2012 Hayek … Continue reading “Elinor Ostrom on privatisation”

The spotlight in the Libor rate-fixing scandal has moved. Questions are being asked about the culpability of the FSA, which … Continue reading “Trust has lost all of its value in our state-regulated financial markets”

When I heard in 2009 that Elinor Ostrom had won the Nobel Prize for Economics I was delighted and thought … Continue reading “Elinor Ostrom and the spontaneous evolution of social institutions”