1998 – Joseph Bast | Writing

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December 28 news release from National Environmental Trust slanders 15-year old think tank and perpetuates forestry myths.

Essays

Heartland Institute Defends Itself Against NET Slander

December 1, 1998

Plaintiffs’ lawyers emerged as a major threat during the 1980s, thanks to a revolution in the legal interpretation of liability, lenient and corrupt judges, and the decision by state and local governments to contract with private attorneys to represent them in litigation against industries.

Essays

Lifting the Skirts, Part II: The Problem with Lawyers

November 1, 1998

Proposals to tax fossil fuels or cap carbon dioxide emissions would raise the cost of many farm inputs, from fertilizer and other chemicals to fuel and motor oil.

Policy Studies

The Kyoto Protocol and U.S. Agriculture

October 30, 1998

The seven principal conclusions of this paper make a convincing case for rejection of the Kyoto Protocol and pursuit, instead, of an alternative strategy called “no regrets.”

Policy Studies

The Questionable Science Behind the Global Warming Scare

October 30, 1998

The Demonizers have been successful largely because consumers and people in industry have failed to recognize their common tactics and true agendas.

Essays

Lifting the Skirts of “Progressive” Demonizers

October 1, 1998

Please buy a ticket or reserve a table for The Heartland Institute's 14th Anniversary Benefit Dinner. You and your guests will have an absolutely fabulous time, and Heartland will live to fight another day.

Essays

Seven Reasons to Celebrate Heartland’s 14th Birthday

September 1, 1998

Those who blame suburbs for luring industry and jobs away from cities, leaving behind many skilled but unemployed workers, have confused cause with effect.

Essays

Managing Growth, Destroying Freedom

August 1, 1998

For the lawyers who filed lawsuits against tobacco companies, the real motivation was not children’s health, but $50 billion or more in contingency fees.

Essays

Five Lies about Tobacco: The Tobacco Bill Wasn’t about Kids

July 1, 1998

Competition is a process rather than a measurable state of affairs. It is impossible to know how many firms “ought” to exist in a particular industry or how big they should be.

Essays

Antitrust: The War on Virtue and Talent

June 1, 1998

The energy taxes or emissions caps required by the Kyoto global warming treaty will cause millions of jobs to move overseas.

Essays

Can 15,000 Scientists Be Wrong? The New York Times Thinks So

May 1, 1998