- John Baden
John A. Baden is founder and chairman of the
Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE) based inBozeman, Montana . FREE's focus is environmentaleconomics and policy analysis.According to a biographical note on FREE's websitem, Baden "was a leader in developing the New Resource Economics, an incentive-based approach to environmental and natural resource management." [http://www.free-eco.org/staff_baden.php] Baden is associated with the
free-market environmentalist movement.Baden is also a member of the
Mont Pelerin Society and thePhiladelphia Society , has served two terms on theNational Petroleum Council , and has served as President of theAssociation of Private Enterprise Education . He was co-founder of the Environmental Management M.B.A. program at theUniversity of Washington .In 1977 Baden co-authored "Managing the Commons" [http://www.ecobooks.com/commons.htm] with
Garrett Hardin , the author of the essay "The Tragedy of the Commons ". The book, which is currently out of print, is a collection of articles exploring the themes raised in Hardin's original essay.External links
* [http://www.free-eco.org/staff_baden.php Baden's bio] , from FREE's website
* [http://www.free-eco.org/pub_baden.php An extensive list] of Baden's columns from 1989 to the present
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