Jane S. Shaw (also Jane Shaw Stroup) is an American

free-market environmentalist Free-market environmentalism argues that the free market, property rights, and tort law provide the best means of preserving the environment, internalizing pollution costs, and conserving resources. Free-market environmentalists therefore arg ...

, editor, and journalist. She is the former president of the

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and currently is chairman of its board of directors. She is a free-lance editor and writes a blog
"Janetakesonhistory.org."
Before joining the Martin Center (formerly the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy), Shaw spent 22 years with the

Property and Environment Research Center The Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), previously known as the Political Economy Research Center, is a free market environmental think tank based in Bozeman, Montana, United States. Established in 1980, PERC is dedicated to origina ...

(PERC), where she was a senior fellow. Prior to her tenure at PERC, she was a journalist and was an associate economics editor of

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. With Michael Sanera, she coauthored ''Facts, Not Fear: Teaching Children about the Environment'' and initiated a book series for young people, ''Critical Thinking about Environmental Issues. ''She coedited ''A Guide to Smart Growth'' with Ronald Utt.'' ''She also served as president of the

Association of Private Enterprise Education The Association of Private Enterprise Education is a nonprofit organization. It was founded by a philanthropic donation from Herman Lay, co-founder of Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of PepsiCo.

.'' Shaw served as trustee of the

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from 1999–2002 and 2012–2015. Shaw is a senior editor with the journal ''Political Economy of the Carolinas,'' a member of the advisory council of the London-based

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and of the

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, an editorial advisor to the online journal ''

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'', and a member of the editorial advisory board of ''

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'', a magazine relating to

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published by the

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. She was married to the late economist Richard Stroup.

References

External links

The John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy

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