PERC research fellow Holly Fretwell joins the Six Cents Report podcast to discuss free market environmentalism. They explore the power of economic incentives and compare a government-mandated, regulatory approach to conservation to a market-based, cooperative approach. The origin of property rights, the tragedy of the commons, and innovative examples of “enviropreneurs” are also discussed.
Holly Fretwell is a research fellow at PERC, where for more than two decades she has researched public land policy, property rights, and markets.
Explore the private stories—historical and modern—that have always been at the heart of bison conservation in America
Explore the private stories—historical and modern—that have always been at the heart of bison conservation in America
The bison was saved by visionary ranchers. More than a century later, the federal government aims to prevent bison ranching from restoring the American prairie