Overfishing versus Conservation

[Could an Aussie enlighten us on the property rights design on this one?] A Tale of Two Fisheries As New Englanders overfish their way to ruin, Australians have profited by becoming conservationists. By JOHN TIERNEY John Sorlien, a lean, sunburned fisherman in rubber overalls, was loading his

offshore bank of the week

full article at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/Business/Inside_Business/2000-08/ruby27080 0.shtml 'Ruby' bank collapses By Paul Lashmar 27 August 2000 Grenada's government has taken over the controversial "$26bn" First International Bank of Grenada in a further twist to one of the

AG groupies getting nervous

Word is they wondered why the activists who've bothered everyone else for the past nine months left them off the social calendar :-) [full article at NYT] August 27, 2000 ECONOMIC VIEW Economic View: Global Calm Prevails, but Is It Deceptive? By RICHARD W. STEVENSON JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. -- When

Re: Overfishing versus Conservation

Not sure what the story is in Australia, but in New Zealand, a "total allowable catch" is calculated for each fish species, and then converted into property rights - fishing "quota" in tonnes of catch - which can be bought and sold. There are hefty penalties, including forfeiture of fishing

Re: Re: Overfishing versus Conservation

Another query. Could you give us a brief rundown on the changes in electoral laws in NZ and the impact this has had on the political scene? Some people in Canada are pressing for some type of proportional representation to replace the first-past-the-post system. I imagine this would help minor

Re: Re: Overfishing versus Conservation

Bill Rosenberg wrote: Not sure what the story is in Australia, but in New Zealand, a "total allowable catch" is calculated for each fish species, and then converted into property rights - fishing "quota" in tonnes of catch - which can be bought and sold. There are hefty penalties, including

Nato preparing for another war in the Balkans

NATO PREPARING NEW MILITARY STRIKE IN BALKANS By Gregory Elich Quietly, NATO is laying plans for a new military strike against Yugoslavia. On August 13 through 15, CIA Director George Tenet visited Bulgaria. In a series of extraordinary meetings, Tenet met with Bulgarian President Petur

Paul Phillips paper

I put a copy of a paper Paul Phillips wrote on the Marxism list website at: http://www.marxmail.org/phillips.htm Here is a bit of explanation from Paul: Louis, I am attaching an article I wrote with my Yugo/Slovenian colleague on the legacy of socialist self-management. I submitted it to a

Re: An appeal

People have already begun responding to this. I am deeply appreciative and can only encourage you to continue. This is not a personal feud. It is about the freedom to advocate ideas on the Internet. BTW, somebody asked me to identify the volunteer. This really isn't necessary because I have

An appeal

In the past couple of months I have run into a problem involving my right to post my views on an Internet newsgroup called alt.politics.socialism.trotsky. In July a volunteer with the Nader campaign in NYC taking exception to things I had written about Nader, Cuba and other topics wrote Columbia

Joel Kovel response to threats to contact my employer

I don't know Kaufman, but know Louis for a long time as a friend and a serious and dedicated radical. All I can say, in ignorance of the details of the relationship, is that this kind of internet madness should not be tolerated. I'm sure the Nader campaign has no interest in keeping this