The State Can't Protect the Environment -- Markets Can

From context, who do you think Joseph Schumpeter, the first person mentioned by name in the article, was?

• a political economist

• an environmental activist

• a critic of environmentalism

• a philosopher of science

Which view do the authors say should be challenged?

• That global warming is man-made

• That environmental protection is an area only government should operate in

• That market failure cannot be corrected by government action

• That free markets can provide environmental solutions without government intervention

The article says "markets don't operate in a vacuum, but rather are embedded within a necessary institutional framework." Which was not listed as part of that framework?

• extensive private property

• a culture of voluntary exchange

• laws about contracts

• the banking and monetary system

The authors maintain that so-called "market failures" may just need...

• more time to evolve

• more consensus regulation

• more academic study

• more technology solutions

Which of the following were NOT mentioned as new environmental concerns brought about by the Industrial Revolution?

• sparks from early rail locomotives

• river damage from

  early industrial processes

• the need to locate and develop oil resources

• the repurposing of agricultural land for factory production

The authors state that, over time, markets usually develop to assign economic value to goods, but they were blocked from developing in the area of ___.

• environmental resources

• green capital

• "clean" industrial production

• animal rights

The article says, as an example of how community pressures addressed environmental concerns before extensive government regulation, "homeowners could be shamed into building clay-lined ___."

• privies

• ponds

• chimneys

• dams

The authors describe the reaction of land owners to endangered species protection as ___.

• "Shoot, shovel, and shut up."

• "Conceal, don't reveal."

• "Never cooperate, never placate, but never obfuscate."

• "What isn't known need not be shown."

What do the authors suggest giving landowners whose property has an endangered species on it?

• targeted education on the need for biodiversity

• a say so regarding flexible rules over habitat preservation

• ownership of the endangered animals themselves

• public recognition and praise for not developing their property

The article says market arrangements that benefit owners of land with endangered species living on it are superior to the "current regulatory arrangement," which it says creates ___.

• losers

• resentment

• corruption

• special interests