Beschreibung:
Walter E. Block is Harold E. Wirth Endowed Chair and professor of economics in the College of Business at Loyola University New Orleans and senior fellow at the Mises Institute.Peter Lothian Nelson is former president of PLN Engineering and a professional engineer.
Water Capitalism proposes the privatization of all bodies of water, because those who own resources husband their assets far more carefully than do bureaucrats who have no real stake in the environment. The idea that an all-powerful state should, or could, care for the physical liquid environs of the world is shown to be incorrect and immoral.
Chapter 1 Privatize the Oceans and All Other Bodies of WaterChapter 2 Why Privatize Anything?Chapter 3 Why Privatize Bodies of Water?Chapter 4 Aquatic Ownership ConceptsChapter 5 The Process of Privatization Homesteading, AbandonmentChapter 6 Existing Law Governing the SeasChapter 7 Oceans-Concepts of Oceanological OwnershipChapter 8 Rivers-Concepts of Potamological OwnershipChapter 9 Lakes-Concepts of Limnological OwnershipChapter 10 Aquifers-Concepts of Hydrogeological OwnershipChapter 11 Mainstream Views on Ocean ManagementChapter 12 PiracyChapter 13 Case StudiesChapter 14 Debate-Technological Viewpoints that Inform Homesteading, Technological Units