In 2015 Pope Francis published encyclical Laudato Si  and stated that private property rights and markets were not fully compatible with sustanaible development and social justice and advocated more regulations for common good. Whaples and Summers of The Independent Institute explain that this is contrary  to the long tradition of the Catholic Church from Aquino Read more about Property Rights Are Key to Answering Pope’s Call to Save the Amazon[…]

This paper entitled Only liberty entails sustainable development was written in the early 2000s and published in French on the web site of the Québécois Libre, by the time one of the very few French language webzines publicizing the libertarian thought[1]. Henceforth, the cause of liberty has gained interest through various francophone institutes and webzines Read more about Liberty and the Environment[…]

In Privatization, Becky Mansfield et alii argue that contemporary privatization remakes nature-society as property and transforms people’s relationships to themselves, each other, and the natural world. This groundbreaking collection provides the first systematic analysis of neo-liberal privatization. Rich case studies of privatization in the making reveal both the pivotal role that privatization plays in neoliberalism Read more about Privatization: Property and the Remaking of Nature-Society Relations[…]

We do think that this new PERC Report is worth reading Several excellent papers deal with the perverse  effect of environnemental regulations on private land : “ESA  turns threatened species into liabilities for for private landowners” and some  regulations increase wildfires. Fracking is assessed as environmentally more or less neutral. How Polliination entrepreneurs saved of Read more about The new PERC report[…]