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Article #70Re: Private ownership of resources: not a panacea
From: Dennis Jespersen
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 10:22
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 10:22
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>>>>> On 4 Sep 92 05:54:35 GMT, asylvain@felix.filenet.com (The Chipmunk) said: >> : For much more information on this subject, I heartily recommend Colin >> : Clark's book "Mathematical Bioeconomics". My example is essentially >> : borrowed from the introduction to (the first edition of) that book. >> No disrespect intended, but I'd be heartily suspect of any source which >> very likely has a political agenda and starts off with fantasy scenarios >> to prove its points. Please take a look at this book before claiming it has a political agenda. You are very wrong about that. >> Fantasy scenarios can be invented to prove anything. I love how folks >> who are anti-property rights like to come up with "desert island" >> scenarios, where ONE person owns EVERY damn thing, some poor sap washes >> up on this island, then must either be a slave or die, possibly both. >> Therefore, property rights should not exist. No one said that -- don't try to use the old straw man debating tactic. The point was that some people seem to think private ownership of all resources will automatically solve all problems related to conservation, but there is no simple solution. -- Dennis Jespersen Voice: (415) 604-6742 MS 202A-1 FAX: (415) 604-1095 NASA Ames Research Center email: jesperse@rft28.nas.nasa.gov Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 We have met the enemy and he is us. -- Pogo
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Newsgroups: ca.environment Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!convex!darwin.sura.net!wupost!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!ames!data.nas.nasa.gov!data!jesperse From: jesperse@nas.nasa.gov (Dennis Jespersen) Subject: Re: Private ownership of resources: not a panacea In-Reply-To: asylvain@felix.filenet.com's message of 4 Sep 92 05:54:35 GMT References: <JESPERSE.92Aug28110542@rft28.nas.nasa.gov> <19908@fritz.filenet.com> Sender: news@nas.nasa.gov (News Administrator) Organization: Computational Fluid Dynamics Branch, NASA Ames Research Center Date: 4 Sep 92 10:22:56 Message-ID: <JESPERSE.92Sep4102256@rft28.nas.nasa.gov> Distribution: ca Lines: 25