Ep. 42 - Free Markets and The Environment with Kat Dwyer

ON THIS EPISODEDavid, Joe and Kyle are joined by regular contributor, Kat Dwyer, to explore some of the common misconceptions around conservation, water rights, endangered species, wildfires, and more. Kat is the marketing and communications director for PERC, the Property and Environment Research Center, which is bringing novel, free market oriented solutions to environmental issues facing the world. Learn more about them and their work at PERC.org.To help us select the stories to cover each week, join our discord at this link! https://discord.gg/QEGEPFspzGCHAPTERS0:00 - Meet Kat Dwyer and PERC (Property and Environment Research Center)3:09 - Conservation incentives and benefits for land owner6:24 - Tragedy of the commons7:48 - Hayek’s knowledge problem19:15 - Water rights20:51 - Endangered Species Act30:17 - Wildfires35:03 - Barriers facing PERC50:50 - Climate change1:05:20 - PERC’s conservation innovation labSPONSORSThis episode is brought to you by our friends at Frontier Institute, a free market think tank that believes in solving problems with more freedom and less government. Their mission is to elevate powerful stories and sound policy solutions to breakdown government barriers so all Montanans can thrive. To learn more about them, visit frontierinstitute.org.ABOUT THE SHOWThis show is your weekly source for independent commentary on news, culture, and politics; where it is our mission to arm you with the tools you need to cut through media misdirection and resist the mono-narrative.CREDITSProduced and presented by ⁠Sheehan Works (sheehan.works)Edited by Jake Bennett (jakebennettphotography.com)⁠LINKSJoin our Discord! https://discord.gg/QEGEPFspzGFind us around the web at http://linktree.com/humanreactionpodHR on X - http://twitter.com/@humanreactionpcJoe on X - http://twitter.com/@thejoesheehanDavid on X - http://twitter.com/@Liberty_RandKyle on X - http://twitter.com/@CptQuiggleyKat on X- http://twitter.com/@KatJDwyer