How Mining Externalities Affect Liberty, Ecology, and Prosperity Introduction by John Baden FREE works in the intellectual policy arena, never in partisan politics. We stress the critical importance of responsible liberty. Such liberty includes liability for the consequences of actions that harm others. Economists have an awkward word for imposition of costs on others, externalities. […]
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Yellowstone Wolves in 2015 Tuesday morning a neighbor reported a wolf sighting just south of our home near the spring pasture where our steers graze. Our neighbor advised Ramona to carry a gun on her morning walks on ranch roads. At times she is more than a mile from our buildings and far out of […]
Read MoreYellowstone National Park and Change This and the following FREE Insights will deal with the changing environments effecting Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone was created in 1872 as the world’s first national park. Many referred to it as “America’s Best Idea.” Ken Burns produced a 2009 PBS documentary series with that title. The goal for the […]
Read MoreYellowstone National Park and Change This and the two following FREE Insights will deal with the changing environments effecting Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone was created in 1872 as the world’s first national park. Many referred to it as “America’s Best Idea.” Ken Burns produced a 2009 PBS documentary series with that title. The goal for […]
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This is Bozeman, a website to soon be launched, will feature FREE’s essays on Liberty, Ecology and Prosperity. The title of the series is Gateway to Wisdom. This is Bozeman EDITOR’S NOTE BY TODD WILKINSON: John Baden will be writing a weekly column to appear every Monday at This Is Bozeman. He will explore the […]
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I am an economic anthropologist by both inclination and training. Connections linking culture, economics, and politics seem obvious. And among sane people, coherence usually links these conceptually distinct arenas. Here is an example. When traveling I’ll usually visit a Cabela’s store if I happen across one. Their wildlife displays are remarkably well crafted. But that […]
Read MoreEnforcers of “Progressive” Positions on Climate Change Introduction by John Baden Climate change is a highly divisive topic. Arguments over it are worsened by America’s devolution into political capitalism. In this economic and political system elites cooperate for mutual benefit. The top players in each sector coordinate their behavior to rig the game in their […]
Read MoreWhat If Environmentalists Own Oil and Gas Lands? Introduction by John Baden In the 1980s I was one of three academic members of the National Petroleum Council. President Harry S. Truman created this federal advisory committee in 1946 to advise the executive branch on oil and gas topics. The other two academics from universities were […]
Read MoreIntroduction by John Baden Bob Flaherty, MD, contributed last week’s FREE Insights, “Pure Medicine”. This was the first half of his Wall Street Journal column on delivering medical care to Bozeman’s homeless. Ramona and I welcome you to join us in supporting Bozeman’s Warming Center through the non-governmental Human Resource Development Council, a 501 C-3 […]
Read MoreIntroduction by John Baden Robert Flaherty, MD is a family medicine doc who works at Montana State University and teaches in its WWAMI medical school program. He is also an extremely active and responsible member of our community. For example, Dr. Bob is the consulting physician for our Warriors and Quiet Waters foundation for wounded warriors. […]
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