Ocean fisheries exemplify “common-pool resources”. It’s difficult, if not impossible, to fence in or brand marine fish. Their freedom is

Markets economize on love, that most precious of values. They encourage cooperation and civility among disparate people. This was one

Each fall my thoughts return to a boyhood of hunting. Opening day trumped Thanksgiving and even rivaled Christmas. Our rituals

Each fall my thoughts return to a boyhood of hunting. Opening day trumped Thanksgiving and even rivaled Christmas. Our rituals

Whether we’re trying to save species or specie, decisions are based on information and incentives. Reform that generates poor incentives

Congress passed the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 1973 to protect species threatened or in danger of extinction. Federal judges

At each summer’s end, I leave our Montana ranch and return to Washington. I love to drive the West. This

THIS is my last lecture as a professor at UW. I end my career with the course I began 25

AMERICA experienced a major energy crisis in 1978. Ill-conceived federal price controls and OPEC’s last successful petroleum embargo combined to

COUNTY executives from King, Pierce and Snohomish counties recently sent a letter to the state Legislature asking for a “transportation