tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post116617251655847791..comments2023-11-24T03:20:02.361-07:00Comments on Tufte's Economics Classes Blog - A Living Textbook: The Sky is the Limit?Dr. Tuftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-1166659129245280722006-12-20T16:58:00.000-07:002006-12-20T16:58:00.000-07:00I'm familiar with that story ...I'm familiar with that story ...Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-1166483930466453432006-12-18T16:18:00.000-07:002006-12-18T16:18:00.000-07:00The big picture here is not whether or not a churc...The big picture here is not whether or not a church (or other organization) has exercised their rights or not, but rather that the establishment of property rights in situations where they were not obvious is a good thing to do before there are problems.Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-1166215980921153402006-12-15T13:53:00.000-07:002006-12-15T13:53:00.000-07:00Excellent post.Economists have learned that when t...Excellent post.<BR/><BR/>Economists have learned that when there is too much of a bad thing, the underlying problem is usually a lack of property rights. There's too much air traffic over NYC because the air space is free for the taking; there's too much pollution because once it leaves the smokestack it doesn't belong to anyone any more.<BR/><BR/>Tradeable rights are a way of assigning property Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.com