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Free-market agriculture is essential for 600 million farmers in India

Contrary to popular opinion, many sections of farmers in India advocate for a free-market system where they are allowed to sell their produce at their own prices.

By Vijay Raj Jayaraj |2021-06-12T12:03:11-04:00June 12th, 2021|Comments Off

How freedom helps rhinos

Watch John Stossel now: South Africa legalized rhino horn sales shortly after this video first was posted, and since then, rhino poaching FELL.

By Craig Rucker |2021-02-23T13:02:27-05:00February 23rd, 2021|Comments Off

The billionaire’s climate conundrum

Billionaires are under attack. You might find it hard to sympathize. The Left is counting on that. Envy is in vogue.

By CFACT Ed, Craig Rucker |2020-02-29T14:38:07-05:00February 27th, 2020|Comments Off

Want to Protect the Environment? Embrace Capitalism

Not only has capitalism lifted more people out of poverty than any system ever implemented in the history of civilization, but in so doing, it has done more to protect the environment than any socialist or communist initiative.

By CFACT Ed |2017-11-02T23:14:16-04:00November 2nd, 2017|1 Comment

Free markets protect endangered species: CFACT at Seattle U

Government programs to protect endangered species often produce limited or no results. The free market gets the job done. Seattle students agree.

By CFACT Ed |2017-05-18T10:51:10-04:00May 18th, 2017|Comments Off

Why Socialism failed

Collectivism is based on faulty principles

By CFACT Ed |2016-02-08T07:12:23-05:00February 8th, 2016|13 Comments

Of free markets and coral restoration

Not many people would think coral reef restoration would be of much interest to business entrepreneurs. But as Laura Huggins of the group PERC notes, such interest does exist, and is especially needed in Florida.

By Craig Rucker |2014-04-14T14:49:03-04:00April 6th, 2014|Comments Off

Can ecosystems be priced?

While most people consider nature to be priceless, economists have recently attempted to place dollar values on the services ecosystems provide.

By Craig Rucker |2014-04-14T16:42:13-04:00December 25th, 2013|Comments Off

Venture capitalists seek homegrown energy solutions

America’s “Yankee ingenuity” has brought us everything from the airplane to the light bulb, but can it now help us find a cheap, plentiful form of homegrown domestic energy?

By Craig Rucker |2013-10-21T16:29:28-04:00October 15th, 2013|1 Comment

Environmentalists, farmers scratch out prairie chicken plan

As Western states continue to develop their oil and gas resources, environmentalists are increasingly concerned about how such activity will impact prairie chickens. Fortunately, local farmers, industry officials, and environmentalists have been working together and are now pitching a free-market solution . . .

By Craig Rucker |2013-10-08T15:54:00-04:00October 3rd, 2013|Comments Off

Namibia uses free market to tackle black market

In Africa, efforts to stop poachers from illegally killing endangered elephants, lions and cheetahs have often met with little success. But it appears at least in the nation of Namibia, a new market-based conservation approach may be turning things around.

By Craig Rucker |2013-07-29T17:27:36-04:00July 22nd, 2013|Comments Off

Endangered Species Act a failure after 40 years

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act. But has it been effective? Laura Huggins, of the Property and Environment Research Center, says no and has this to say. . . .

By Craig Rucker |2013-07-17T14:28:03-04:00July 10th, 2013|Comments Off

Spectacular failure of rhino trade bans

Rhinoceros are magnificent creatures, but are the current hunting bans protecting them? The answer is no according to policy expert Dr. Kelvin Kemm of South Africa.

By Craig Rucker |2013-07-02T17:03:49-04:00June 12th, 2013|Comments Off

Reaffirming the cornerstone of freedom

Freedom 21, of which CFACT was a co-founding organization, is a coalition of groups that came together, quite literally, in the waning days of the last century, to build a domestic and international movement that could promote freedom as the guiding principle for the 21st Century and beyond.

By CFACT |2013-10-17T09:58:38-04:00August 1st, 2004|Comments Off