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'''''Enviro-Capitalists: Doing Good While Doing Well''''' is a 1997 book written by economists [[Terry Lee Anderson]] and Donald R. Leal.<ref name=freeman>{{cite journal|last=Yandle|first=Bruce|date=February 1, 1999 |title=Enviro-Capitalists: Doing Good While Doing Well by Terry A. Anderson and Donald R. Leal: Capitalism and Environmentalism Go Hand in Hand|journal=[[The Freeman]]|publisher=[[Foundation for Economic Education]]|location=[[Irvington-on-Hudson, New York]]|url=http://www.thefreemanonline.org/book-reviews/book-review-enviro-capitalists-doing-good-while-doing-well-by-terry-a-anderson-and-donald-r-leal/#|ref=harv}}</ref> In this book, Anderson and Leal further developed the concept of [[free market environmentalism]], which they first described in their 1992 book ''Free Market Environmentalism''.<ref>{{Harvnb|Schneider|2008|p=121}}</ref> The book argues that [[privatization]] of sectors like [[Conservation movement|wildlife conservation]], aquatic habitat development and environment friendly housing is beneficial and [[environmental protection]] should be done by private entrepreneurs, not by the [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Anderson|Leal|1997|p=Backcover}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/pages/dynamic/resources.library.page.php?page_id=131&section=water_market&eod=1|title=Enviro-Capitalists: Doing Good While Doing Well|publisher=[[Ecosystem Marketplace]]|location=United States|accessdate=23 January 2010}}</ref> ''Enviro-Capitalists'' received the 1997 Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award.<ref>{{Harvnb|Leal|2005|p=267}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.perc.org/bio.php?staff_id=19|title=Director of Research Donald R. Leal |publisher=[[Property and Environment Research Center]]|accessdate=23 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Leal|Meiners|2002|p=207}}</ref>
'''''Enviro-Capitalists: Doing Good While Doing Well''''' is a 1997 book written by economists [[Terry Lee Anderson]] and Donald R. Leal.<ref name=freeman>{{cite journal|last=Yandle |first=Bruce |date=February 1, 1999 |title=Enviro-Capitalists: Doing Good While Doing Well by Terry A. Anderson and Donald R. Leal: Capitalism and Environmentalism Go Hand in Hand |journal=[[The Freeman]] |publisher=[[Foundation for Economic Education]] |location=[[Irvington-on-Hudson, New York]] |url=http://www.thefreemanonline.org/book-reviews/book-review-enviro-capitalists-doing-good-while-doing-well-by-terry-a-anderson-and-donald-r-leal/# |ref=harv |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006201723/http://www.thefreemanonline.org/book-reviews/book-review-enviro-capitalists-doing-good-while-doing-well-by-terry-a-anderson-and-donald-r-leal/ |archivedate=2011-10-06 |df= }}</ref> In this book, Anderson and Leal further developed the concept of [[free market environmentalism]], which they first described in their 1992 book ''Free Market Environmentalism''.<ref>{{Harvnb|Schneider|2008|p=121}}</ref> The book argues that [[privatization]] of sectors like [[Conservation movement|wildlife conservation]], aquatic habitat development and environment friendly housing is beneficial and [[environmental protection]] should be done by private entrepreneurs, not by the [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Anderson|Leal|1997|p=Backcover}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/pages/dynamic/resources.library.page.php?page_id=131&section=water_market&eod=1|title=Enviro-Capitalists: Doing Good While Doing Well|publisher=[[Ecosystem Marketplace]]|location=United States|accessdate=23 January 2010}}</ref> ''Enviro-Capitalists'' received the 1997 Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award.<ref>{{Harvnb|Leal|2005|p=267}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.perc.org/bio.php?staff_id=19|title=Director of Research Donald R. Leal |publisher=[[Property and Environment Research Center]]|accessdate=23 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Leal|Meiners|2002|p=207}}</ref>


==Contents==
==Contents==
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Andrew Dobson, professor at [[Keele University]], wrote in the journal ''Environmental Values'' that the book is "a useful addition to the debate about protecting nature and making money".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Dobson|first=Andrew |year=1998 |title=Review: Enviro-capitalists: Doing good while doing well |journal=Environmental Values |volume=7|issue=4|ref=harv}}</ref>
Andrew Dobson, professor at [[Keele University]], wrote in the journal ''Environmental Values'' that the book is "a useful addition to the debate about protecting nature and making money".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Dobson|first=Andrew |year=1998 |title=Review: Enviro-capitalists: Doing good while doing well |journal=Environmental Values |volume=7|issue=4|ref=harv}}</ref>


''[[Policy Review]]'', published by the [[Hoover Institution]], noted that the book views the growth of enviro-capitalism as a vindication of the views of conservationist [[Aldo Leopold]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=What Works: Enviro-Capitalists |journal=[[Policy Review]]|publisher=[[Hoover Institution]]|location=[[Stanford, California]]|issue=March & April 1997|url=http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/3574032.html|ref=harv}}</ref>
''[[Policy Review]]'', published by the [[Hoover Institution]], noted that the book views the growth of enviro-capitalism as a vindication of the views of conservationist [[Aldo Leopold]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=What Works: Enviro-Capitalists |journal=[[Policy Review]] |publisher=[[Hoover Institution]] |location=[[Stanford, California]] |issue=March & April 1997 |url=http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/3574032.html |ref=harv |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704221754/http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/3574032.html |archivedate=2008-07-04 |df= }}</ref>


Gregory Dunn, writing for the ''Religion & Liberty'', a magazine published by the [[Acton Institute]], noted that the book builds upon Anderson and Leal's earlier book ''Free Market Environmentalism''. He writes that ''Enviro-Capitalists'' respects private and creative initiatives for the purpose of achieving environmental goals. According to Dunn, "''Enviro-Capitalism'' is a persuasive argument that such an environment is not that of the heavy-handed approach of state regulation but a regime of markets, private property, and rule of law."<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.acton.org/files/rl_v08n3.pdf |title=Enviro-Capitalists |last=Dunn |first=Gregory |journal=Religion & Liberty |format=PDF |publisher=[[Acton Institute]] |issue=May and June, 1998 |pages=13–14 |accessdate=23 January 2010 |location=[[Grand Rapids, Michigan]] |ref=harv |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626192148/http://www.acton.org/files/rl_v08n3.pdf |archivedate=June 26, 2009 }}</ref>
Gregory Dunn, writing for the ''Religion & Liberty'', a magazine published by the [[Acton Institute]], noted that the book builds upon Anderson and Leal's earlier book ''Free Market Environmentalism''. He writes that ''Enviro-Capitalists'' respects private and creative initiatives for the purpose of achieving environmental goals. According to Dunn, "''Enviro-Capitalism'' is a persuasive argument that such an environment is not that of the heavy-handed approach of state regulation but a regime of markets, private property, and rule of law."<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.acton.org/files/rl_v08n3.pdf |title=Enviro-Capitalists |last=Dunn |first=Gregory |journal=Religion & Liberty |format=PDF |publisher=[[Acton Institute]] |issue=May and June, 1998 |pages=13–14 |accessdate=23 January 2010 |location=[[Grand Rapids, Michigan]] |ref=harv |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626192148/http://www.acton.org/files/rl_v08n3.pdf |archivedate=June 26, 2009 }}</ref>


Michael E. Zimmerman wrote in ''Strategies: Journal of Theory, Culture & Politics'' that the book notes the difficulty of reconciling environmental protection and profit-seeking as profit seekers do not always consider the long-term positive effects of conservation, but at the same time the book pointed out that the passing of legislation for the [[national park system]], including the
Michael E. Zimmerman wrote in ''Strategies: Journal of Theory, Culture & Politics'' that the book notes the difficulty of reconciling environmental protection and profit-seeking as profit seekers do not always consider the long-term positive effects of conservation, but at the same time the book pointed out that the passing of legislation for the [[national park system]], including the
[[Yellowstone National Park]], was the result of lobbying efforts of people knows as "[[Robber baron (industrialist)|robber barons]]".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Zimmerman|first=Michael E. |title=A Strategic Direction for 21st Century Environmentalists: Free Market Environmentalism|format=PDF|journal=Strategies: Journal of Theory, Culture & Politics|volume=13|issue=May 2000|pages=89–110|doi=10.1080/10402130050007548|url=http://www.colorado.edu/ArtsSciences/CHA/profiles/zimmpdf/strategic_direction.pdf|accessdate=January 23, 2010|year=2000|ref=harv}}</ref>
[[Yellowstone National Park]], was the result of lobbying efforts of people knows as "[[Robber baron (industrialist)|robber barons]]".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Zimmerman |first=Michael E. |title=A Strategic Direction for 21st Century Environmentalists: Free Market Environmentalism |format=PDF |journal=Strategies: Journal of Theory, Culture & Politics |volume=13 |issue=May 2000 |pages=89–110 |doi=10.1080/10402130050007548 |url=http://www.colorado.edu/ArtsSciences/CHA/profiles/zimmpdf/strategic_direction.pdf |accessdate=January 23, 2010 |year=2000 |ref=harv |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603185256/http://www.colorado.edu/ArtsSciences/CHA/profiles/zimmpdf/strategic_direction.pdf |archivedate=June 3, 2010 |df= }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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* {{cite journal|last=Hale|first=Bejamin|date=July 27, 2007|title=Private Property and Environmental Ethics: Some New Directions |journal=Metaphilosophy|publisher=Metaphilosophy LLC and Blackwell Publishing Ltd|volume=39|issue=3|pages=402–421|doi=10.1111/j.1467-9973.2008.00550.x|ref=harv}}
* {{cite journal|date=January 1, 1999|title='Enviro-capitalists,' Public Profit from Wilderness Conservation|journal=Environment & Climate News|publisher=[[The Heartland Institute]]|volume=|issue=January 1999|url=http://www.heartland.org/publications/environment%20climate/article/13369/Envirocapitalists_Public_Profit_from_Wilderness_Conservation.html|ref=harv}}
* {{cite journal|date=January 1, 1999|title='Enviro-capitalists,' Public Profit from Wilderness Conservation|journal=Environment & Climate News|publisher=[[The Heartland Institute]]|volume=|issue=January 1999|url=http://www.heartland.org/publications/environment%20climate/article/13369/Envirocapitalists_Public_Profit_from_Wilderness_Conservation.html|ref=harv}}
* {{cite web|first=Knud Edmund|last=Berthelsen|date=February 27, 2005|title=Øko-nomi, Miljø-kapitalisme, og Frimarkedsmiljøvern|work=[[Civita]]|url=http://www.civita.no/tema/miljo/oko-nomi-miljo-kapitalisme-og-frimarkedsmiljovern|language=Norwegian Bokmål}}
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[[Category:1997 books]]
[[Category:1997 books]]

Revision as of 22:02, 24 December 2016

Enviro-Capitalists: Doing Good While Doing Well
AuthorTerry Lee Anderson and Donald R. Leal
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectFree-market environmentalism
GenreEnvironmental economics
PublisherRowman & Littlefield
Publication date
1997
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages189
ISBN978-0-8476-8382-6

Enviro-Capitalists: Doing Good While Doing Well is a 1997 book written by economists Terry Lee Anderson and Donald R. Leal.[1] In this book, Anderson and Leal further developed the concept of free market environmentalism, which they first described in their 1992 book Free Market Environmentalism.[2] The book argues that privatization of sectors like wildlife conservation, aquatic habitat development and environment friendly housing is beneficial and environmental protection should be done by private entrepreneurs, not by the federal government.[3][4] Enviro-Capitalists received the 1997 Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award.[5][6][7]

Contents

The book is divided into nine chapters:[8]

  1. Nature's Entrepreneurs
  2. Barons of Preservation
  3. Mavericks of Conservation
  4. The Business of Bambi
  5. Buy That Fish a Drink
  6. Eco-Developers
  7. Going Global
  8. Community Spirit
  9. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Criticism of traditional environmentalism

Enviro-Capitalists claims that traditional environmentalists are driven by political opportunism. According to the book, major environmentalist organizations, most of them headquartered in Washington, D.C., focus on politics, lobbying and fundraising, and people involved in these organizations spend their time in the United States Congress, not in the "wilds of nature". The book is critical of organizations like the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) who, it claims, are driven by political and financial agendas rather than environmentalism.[9]

Environmental entrepreneurs

The book documents the activities and individual case studies of environmental entrepreneurs and enviro-capitalists like Tom Bourland,[10] Peter S. O'Neil,[11] Frank Crisafulli,[12] Zach Willy, Andrew Parkey,[13] Hugh Macrae,[14] Tom Cade,[15] Bob Elgas,[16] Dalle Miller, Bob O'Brien, Greg Koonce,[17] Dayton Hyde.[18]

Reviews

True environmentalists, those who seek to protect the precious biological envelopes that support life and are not simply dedicated to the replacement of individual freedom with command and control regulation, will be encouraged to know that markets are on their side. Friends of liberty, who sometimes find themselves hard-pressed to defend markets in the face of attacks from environmentalists, will welcome the reinforcements provided by this excellent, if too-short book.

Economist Bruce Yandle on Enviro-Capitalists: Doing Good While Doing Well[1]

According to a review by economist Bruce Yandle in The Freeman, the authors of the book Enviro-Capitalists: Doing Good While Doing Well, instead of depending on theories of free market environmentalism, emphasized the activities of historical and current entrepreneurs who invested in the environmental sector. How entrepreneurs have found niche markets for the conservation of species like the peregrine falcon is explained in the book. Yandle writes that those who mistakenly came to the conclusion that capitalism destroys nature will "find their prejudices strongly challenged" after going through this book. According to him, Enviro-Capitalists will convince the readers that entrepreneurs, if not delayed or discouraged by the government, are able to deliver environmental quality just as they deliver necessary features of life like food, clothing, communications, health care and others. Yandle concludes that this book proves the traditional assumption, that the government is the only solution for wildlife conservation, is wrong.[1]

Andrew Dobson, professor at Keele University, wrote in the journal Environmental Values that the book is "a useful addition to the debate about protecting nature and making money".[19]

Policy Review, published by the Hoover Institution, noted that the book views the growth of enviro-capitalism as a vindication of the views of conservationist Aldo Leopold.[20]

Gregory Dunn, writing for the Religion & Liberty, a magazine published by the Acton Institute, noted that the book builds upon Anderson and Leal's earlier book Free Market Environmentalism. He writes that Enviro-Capitalists respects private and creative initiatives for the purpose of achieving environmental goals. According to Dunn, "Enviro-Capitalism is a persuasive argument that such an environment is not that of the heavy-handed approach of state regulation but a regime of markets, private property, and rule of law."[21]

Michael E. Zimmerman wrote in Strategies: Journal of Theory, Culture & Politics that the book notes the difficulty of reconciling environmental protection and profit-seeking as profit seekers do not always consider the long-term positive effects of conservation, but at the same time the book pointed out that the passing of legislation for the national park system, including the Yellowstone National Park, was the result of lobbying efforts of people knows as "robber barons".[22]

References

  1. ^ a b c Yandle, Bruce (February 1, 1999). "Enviro-Capitalists: Doing Good While Doing Well by Terry A. Anderson and Donald R. Leal: Capitalism and Environmentalism Go Hand in Hand". The Freeman. Irvington-on-Hudson, New York: Foundation for Economic Education. Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Schneider 2008, p. 121
  3. ^ Anderson & Leal 1997, p. Backcover
  4. ^ "Enviro-Capitalists: Doing Good While Doing Well". United States: Ecosystem Marketplace. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  5. ^ Leal 2005, p. 267
  6. ^ "Director of Research Donald R. Leal". Property and Environment Research Center. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  7. ^ Leal & Meiners 2002, p. 207
  8. ^ Anderson & Leal 1997, p. V
  9. ^ Anderson & Leal 1997, p. 2
  10. ^ Anderson & Leal 1997, p. 4
  11. ^ Anderson & Leal 1997, p. 12
  12. ^ Anderson & Leal 1997, p. 16
  13. ^ Anderson & Leal 1997, p. 18
  14. ^ Anderson & Leal 1997, p. 33
  15. ^ Anderson & Leal 1997, p. 52
  16. ^ Anderson & Leal 1997, p. 54
  17. ^ Anderson & Leal 1997, p. 104
  18. ^ Anderson & Leal 1997, p. 109
  19. ^ Dobson, Andrew (1998). "Review: Enviro-capitalists: Doing good while doing well". Environmental Values. 7 (4). {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  20. ^ "What Works: Enviro-Capitalists". Policy Review (March & April 1997). Stanford, California: Hoover Institution. Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ Dunn, Gregory. "Enviro-Capitalists" (PDF). Religion & Liberty (May and June, 1998). Grand Rapids, Michigan: Acton Institute: 13–14. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 26, 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2010. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ Zimmerman, Michael E. (2000). "A Strategic Direction for 21st Century Environmentalists: Free Market Environmentalism" (PDF). Strategies: Journal of Theory, Culture & Politics. 13 (May 2000): 89–110. doi:10.1080/10402130050007548. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 3, 2010. Retrieved January 23, 2010. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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