Contrary to popular belief, economic growth is not the antithesis of environmental quality; rather, the two go hand in hand if the incentives are right. The author shows how, by developing and protecting the institutions of freedom rather than regulating human use of natural resources through political processes, we can have our environmental cake and eat it too.

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• Tables and Figures (0817944826_vii.pdf ~23 KB)
• Acknowledgments (0817944826_ix.pdf ~23 KB)
• Contributors (0817944826_xi.pdf ~30 KB)
• Introduction: Property Rights and Sustainable Development (0817944826_xiii.pdf ~58 KB)
• Chapter 1: The Skeptical Environmentalist (0817944826_1.pdf ~173 KB)
• Chapter 2: Economic Growth, Technological Change, and Human Well-Being (0817944826_53.pdf ~410 KB)
• Chapter 3: Income and the Race to the Top (0817944826_83.pdf ~134 KB)
• Chapter 4: Globalization, Free Trade, and Environmental Quality (0817944826_109.pdf ~123 KB)
• Chapter 5: Population Growth, Economic Freedom,and the Rule of Law (0817944826_143.pdf ~109 KB)
• Chapter 6: The Relation Between Net Carbon Emissionsand Income (0817944826_173.pdf ~764 KB)
• Index (0817944826_203.pdf ~51 KB)