April 12, 2012 7:44AM 

# A Market Solution for the Falklands 

By [Steve H. Hanke](https://www.cato.org/people/steve-h-hanke) 

---

<a class="js-popover-trigger cursor-pointer popover-trigger" data-bs-placement="bottom" data-bs-trigger="click" id="popover-trigger"> 

SHARE 

</a> 

The Falklands just won’t go away. Bret Stephens’ piece in yesterday’s *Wall Street Journal* “[Why the Falklands Matter](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303815404577333520361035492.html?KEYWORDS=why+the+falklands+matter)” makes that clear.

To solve the question of the Falkland’s sovereignty once and for all, I proposed a market solution in “[A Market Solution Will Save Money and End the Dispute over Falklands Sovereignty](http://www.cityam.com/forum/market-solution-will-save-money-and-end-the-dispute-over-falklands-sovereignty),” which was published by London’s *City A.M.* in February.

##### Related Tags 

[Defense and Foreign Policy](https://www.cato.org/defense-foreign-policy) 

[![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) 
This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).