POSTPONED: The 'Not' So Wild, Wild West

Terry Anderson

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For most people the image of the American West has been formed by movies of "cowboys and Indians." It is one of conflict combined with romanticism. Those images, however, are far more fiction that fact. Whether it was the American Indians who thrived in a harsh environment, cowboys who brought cattle to the plains, or farmers who plowed and irrigated the prairie, they did what humans do best — they adopted and adapted institutions that rewarded entrepreneurship and encouraged cooperation rather than conflict. The real history of the West offers lessons for living with one another and with the environment.

About the speaker

Terry L. Anderson is the John and Jean DeNault Senior Fellow the Hoover Institution, Stanford University; is past president of the Property and Environment Research Center, Bozeman, MT; and is a professor emeritus at Montana State. Much of his career focused on developing the idea of "Free Market Environmentalism," the title of his co-authored book (3rd edition), outlining how markets and property rights can solve environmental problems. More recently he has focused his research and writing on how the ideas defining a free society apply to Native American economies. Of his 39 books, four have laid the foundation for his project on “Renewing Indigenous Economies” (indigenousecon.org). The most recent of these books is "Unlocking the Wealth of Indian Nations." He lives in Montana with his wife, Monica, where they enjoy fishing, hunting, horseback riding and skiing in Big Sky Country.

Mason Hunt, MPA
Center for the Study of Economic Liberty
EconomicLiberty@asu.edu
https://csel.asu.edu/
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University Club, Heritage Room