by Bruce Yandle

About the author: Bruce Yandle is an alumni professor at Clemson University’s Center for Policy & Legal Studies in Clemson, South Carolina, and a senior associate for the Political Economy Research Center, a Bozeman, Montana, organization that advocates free-market solutions to environmental problems.

Since around 1970, the U.S. and most of the industrialized world have been engaged in a massive effort to improve and guard environmental quality. It is a gross understatement to say that the struggles along the way are well documented. Indeed, anyone who has attempted to stay abreast of the topic has built a veritable library of hearings, books, journals, and special reports.

Pursuing Effective Change

What have we learned? How can we improve? Can we identify a better path than the one we have...