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Posted on April 22, 2008

In honor of Earth Day I took another look at: Freeman III, A. Myrick, Environmental Policy Since Earth Day I: What Have We Gained? Journal of Economic Perspectives, 16(1):125 146, 2002.A celebration of benefit-cost analysis and incentive-based economic policies!Here is what I think we all ought to remember as we plant a tree today:Earth Day I, which occurred on April 22, 1970, is anappropriate starting point for an examination of the economic benefitsand costs that have been realized through United States environmentalpolicy. There were federal laws on the books dealing with air and waterpol...

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