[grundle]

This is a great article about the good things that happen when a poor country adopts property rights.

[VictoryGal]

This is really smart. Conservative values at work, improving lives!

[magslinger]

This is a great article about the good things that happen when a poor country adopts property rights.

Maybe we should suggest that Malibu Jeni try this in Michiganistan.

[aquila48]

What a wonderful story...

This should be in the front page of every paper and nightly news... and every teacher should be using this as a real life example of how private property and capitalism enriches people and protects the environment.

But I'm not holding my breath...

I'm going to do my small part, though, by emailing it to all my friends (liberal or otherwise) and acquaintances.

[Kevmo]

That's the solution to global warming and depleted fisheries: parcel out private ownership.

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/162/3859/1243

Famous essay by Garrett Hardin: Tragedy of the Commons.

[Old Professer]

What's this going to do to Al Gore's plans for the Third World?

[dirtboy]

From colonial times, all trees in Niger had been regarded as the property of the state, which gave farmers little incentive to protect them. Trees were chopped for firewood or construction without regard to the environmental costs. But over time, farmers began to regard the trees in their fields as their property, and in recent years the government has recognized the benefits of this by allowing individuals to own trees.

Classic Garrett Hardin.

[Richard from IL]

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