Conflict over the use and management of America’s forest lands and resources intensified during the 1970s, with debates over the use of the undeveloped lands inventoried by the Forest Service, the divi- sion of lands in Alaska, the establishment and expansion of certain national parks...

Economists have long believed that government’s tax and expendi- ture policy either is, or can readily be made to be, neutral to the market. Free-market economists have advocated such neutrality of government, and even economists favoring redistributive actions by government have believed...

During man’s relatively brief existence on this planet,he has relied on the bounty of its flora and fauna for his existence. He has harvested wildlife for food, clothing, shelter, medicines, beasts of burden, pets, and companionship. Over most of this period, this harvesting and...