Skip to content

About PERC

All Areas of Focus

All Research

Donate

Deciding the Future of the Past:

Executive Summary Podcast WAV 548 KB Podcast DVF 34 KB By Richard L. Stroup and Matthew Brown The 1998 discovery of the Miami Circle, a 38-foot wide land formation in downtown Miami, sparked a debate about the ability of modern society to preserve and appreciate past cultures and their history. The $8 million waterfront propertyContinue reading “Deciding the Future of the Past:”

Shear a Vicuña to Save a Vicuña

Bozeman Daily Chronicle June 20, 2000 In the foothills of the Peruvian Andes lives the smallest member of the camelid family, the vicuña. Wandering the mountains, these cousins of the llama boast coppery cinnamon fleeces on top and a nape of white hair slipping down the front of their chest. Vicuña hair is the finestContinue reading “Shear a Vicuña to Save a Vicuña”

The Lone Mountain Coalition

Jonathan Adler Arlington, Virginia Ryan Amacher, Ph.D. Department of Economics University of Texas, Arlington Terry Anderson, Ph.D. PERC/Hoover Institution Bozeman, Montana Angela Antonelli The Heritage Foundation Washington, DC John A. Baden, Ph.D. Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE) Bozeman, Montana Michael B. Barkey Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and LibertyContinue reading “The Lone Mountain Coalition”

No ‘Commercialization’ of Yellowstone

Tiny microbes living in the mud-pots and geysers of Yellowstone National Park have sparked a mammoth controversy. Scientists think the genetic materials of these microbes could lead to medical breakthroughs or, at the very least, improve consumer products. In 1997, park officials signed an agreement with a corporation that had previously been prospecting the microbesContinue reading “No ‘Commercialization’ of Yellowstone”

Economic Growth is Good for Environmental Protection

Apple Daily, Hong Kong December 13, 1999   By Matthew Brown As increasing pressure from visiting business leaders and local citizens attests, Hong Kong, like all wealthy countries, is encountering fears over air quality, clean water, and waste disposal. To meet these challenges Hong Kong Chief Executive CH Tung has embraced the idea of “sustainableContinue reading “Economic Growth is Good for Environmental Protection”