Dr Ridley is one of a number of environmentalists who are seeking to counter the inaccurate and misleading opinions of … Continue reading “Down to Earth: A Contrarian View of Environmental Problems”

The authors examine the example of elephants in this exposition of the arguments favouring ‘sustainable utilization’. This approach ensures species … Continue reading “Elephants and Ivory: Lessons from the Trade Ban”

In this study the authors examine the so-called scientific ‘consensus’ about global warming. They argue climate change is a problem … Continue reading “Global Warming: Apocalypse or Hot Air?”

This Hobart Paper addresses one of the great economic and social problems of our time: the suboptimal allocation of resources … Continue reading “On the Move… A Market for Mobility on the Roads”

Traditionally, governments have relied on ‘command-and-control’ methods of pollution regulation – fixing standards, and relying on inspectorates and the backing … Continue reading “Pricing for Pollution”

The British Town and Country planning system was originally designed to guide rather than restrict development. It has grown into … Continue reading “No Room! No Room! The Costs of the British Town and Country Planning System”

There is a common and rarely questioned assumption that transport is ‘special’, cannot be safely left to the market, and … Continue reading “Transport without Politics…?”

In Research Monograph 3, Gabriel Roth (a member of the panel which produced the Smeed Report) draws on his work … Continue reading “A Self-Financing Road System”