Timothy D. Terrell

Articles

04/07/2026 The Misesian Timothy D. Terrell

Conflict over the natural world often originates in people’s different conceptions of how the natural world can and should be used. Entrepreneurship in a free market helps settle these conflicts peacefully, without one group using the power of the state to force its preferences on others.

Austrian Economics Advances in the QJAE

02/12/2026 Power & Market Timothy D. Terrell

New scholarly work is appearing regularly in the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics. Here are some articles from the latest issue.

The Political Economy of Pesticides: How to Subsidize a Poison

01/30/2026 Mises Wire Timothy D. Terrell

Will the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) succeed? If the regulatory story of DDT is a prime example of government regulation in action, then the answer is a resounding no.

Publications

The Economics and Ethics of Frederick Nymeyer

01/10/2017 Timothy D. Terrell

Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 19, no. 3 (Fall 2016): 267–287 ABSTRACT: Frederick Nymeyer (1897–1981) was a Chicago businessman who supported Austrian scholarship through his publication and marketing of work by Mises and Böhm-Bawerk. Part

Media

‘Nature-Al’ Entrepreneurship: Being Green Without the State

02/26/2026 Timothy D. Terrell

Dr. Timothy Terrell explains how entrepreneurs and property rights can protect forests, wildlife, and open spaces better than bureaucracies, using real-world examples of “enviropreneurs” who profit by conserving nature instead of exploiting it.

The Political Economy of Pesticides: How to Subsidize a Poison

02/02/2026 Timothy D. Terrell

Will the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) succeed? If the regulatory story of DDT is a prime example of government regulation in action, then the answer is a resounding no.

Land of the Free? Government Mismanagement of America’s Open Spaces

11/04/2025 Timothy D. Terrell

Dr. Timothy Terrell explains how the federal government’s vast land holdings breed crowding, decay, and wildfire risk—and why returning land to private owners, guided by prices and responsibility, yields healthier parks and forests.

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