Dictatorship of Gadflies, by James Bovard, Freedom Daily, Nov 1998
Discusses the National Trust for Historic Preservation and similar groups
Articles
Political Plundering of Property Owners, by James Bovard, Nov 2002
Private Property and the Rule of Law: Paul Craig Roberts III and The Spirit Of Friedrich Hayek [PDF], by Paul Craig Roberts, 11 May 1992
Related Topic: Friedrich A. Hayek
The Frank M. Engle Lecture 1992, The American College
Related Topic: Friedrich A. Hayek
The Frank M. Engle Lecture 1992, The American College
Privatize the Airwaves!, by Sheldon Richman, 26 Apr 2004
Related Topics: Freedom of Speech, Howard Stern
Related Topics: Freedom of Speech, Howard Stern
The Dubai Ports Issue Is Really Wal-Mart and Toyota All Over Again, by William Marina, 23 Feb 2006
Related Topic: Dubai
"So, the real issue is privatization. Mr. Nichols would prefer government ownership. In all of this talk of accountability, nowhere is there any mention of the historical reality that American ports were long bastions of the unholy alliance of corrupt politicians, bureaucrats and union officials."
Related Topic: Dubai
"So, the real issue is privatization. Mr. Nichols would prefer government ownership. In all of this talk of accountability, nowhere is there any mention of the historical reality that American ports were long bastions of the unholy alliance of corrupt politicians, bureaucrats and union officials."
The Idea of a Private Law Society, by Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Mises.org Daily Article, 28 Jul 2006
Related Topics: Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Democracy, Government, Law, The State, Taxation
"Only private property makes it possible for all otherwise unavoidable conflicts to be avoided; and only the principle of property acquisition by acts of original appropriation performed by specific individuals at a specific time and location makes it possible for conflicts to be avoided from the beginning of mankind on."
Related Topics: Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Democracy, Government, Law, The State, Taxation
"Only private property makes it possible for all otherwise unavoidable conflicts to be avoided; and only the principle of property acquisition by acts of original appropriation performed by specific individuals at a specific time and location makes it possible for conflicts to be avoided from the beginning of mankind on."
The Sanctity of Private Property, Part 1, by Jacob G. Hornberger, Aug 1990
The Sanctity of Private Property, Part 2, by Jacob G. Hornberger, Jan 1991
Zoning's Attack on Liberty and Property, by Bart Frazier, Freedom Daily, Oct 2006
"The worst problem of all is that zoning laws violate the fundamental right of an individual to do with his property as he pleases. ... The most basic right an individual possesses is the right to his property. ... If a person is not violating another's rights in the process, he should be free to do with his property as he wishes, whether or not his neighbors approve."
"The worst problem of all is that zoning laws violate the fundamental right of an individual to do with his property as he pleases. ... The most basic right an individual possesses is the right to his property. ... If a person is not violating another's rights in the process, he should be free to do with his property as he wishes, whether or not his neighbors approve."
More Victims of Immigration Control, by Sheldon Richman, 18 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Eminent Domain Protections
Discusses how employers and property owners along the U.S.-Mexico border are also victims of immigration control
"Well, isn't that nice in the land of the free? The government wants to trespass on private property in order to determine whether it will seize it to build a Berlin-style wall to lock out people who are looking for work from willing employers. And the secretary wants no back talk from the mere landowners."
Related Topics: Eminent Domain Protections
Discusses how employers and property owners along the U.S.-Mexico border are also victims of immigration control
"Well, isn't that nice in the land of the free? The government wants to trespass on private property in order to determine whether it will seize it to build a Berlin-style wall to lock out people who are looking for work from willing employers. And the secretary wants no back talk from the mere landowners."
Political Science, by Sheldon Richman, 18 May 2007
Related Topics: Politics, Ethics
Reviews Frank Van Dun's 1986 paper titled "Economics and the Limits of Value-Free Science" and its implications for making an objective case for ethics, freedom and private property
"Respecting reason entails respecting persons. But respecting persons requires more than respecting their bodies. In pursuit of their projects in a world of finitude and scarcity, people need to convert objects into means to their ends, thereby endowing those things with significance. They cannot pursue projects or respect others' pursuits if they cannot know what objects they may use."
Related Topics: Politics, Ethics
Reviews Frank Van Dun's 1986 paper titled "Economics and the Limits of Value-Free Science" and its implications for making an objective case for ethics, freedom and private property
"Respecting reason entails respecting persons. But respecting persons requires more than respecting their bodies. In pursuit of their projects in a world of finitude and scarcity, people need to convert objects into means to their ends, thereby endowing those things with significance. They cannot pursue projects or respect others' pursuits if they cannot know what objects they may use."
The Death Wish of the Anarcho-Communists, by Murray N. Rothbard, The Libertarian Forum, 1 Jan 1970
Related Topics: Communism, Achievement, Economists, Spain, The State
"Anarcho-communists have always been extremely vague ... about ... their proposed anarchist society of the future. Many of them have been propounding the profoundly anti-libertarian doctrine that the anarcho-communist revolution will have to confiscate and abolish all private property, so as to wean everyone from their psychological attachment to the property they own."
Related Topics: Communism, Achievement, Economists, Spain, The State
"Anarcho-communists have always been extremely vague ... about ... their proposed anarchist society of the future. Many of them have been propounding the profoundly anti-libertarian doctrine that the anarcho-communist revolution will have to confiscate and abolish all private property, so as to wean everyone from their psychological attachment to the property they own."
The Rocky Road of American Taxation, by Charles W. Adams, Mises.org Daily Article, 15 Apr 2006
Related Topics: Taxation, Samuel Adams, American Revolutionary War, Canada, Thirteen Colonies, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Right Against Unreasonable Searches and Seizures, Voting, War
Adapted from the author's For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization
"... Bostonian merchants disguised themselves as Indians, boarded merchant ships loaded with tea, and threw the tea into the harbor. This was a wanton destruction of private property in an age when private property was held in great esteem. ... Franklin was shocked and acknowledged that full restitution should be paid at once to the owners of the tea."
Related Topics: Taxation, Samuel Adams, American Revolutionary War, Canada, Thirteen Colonies, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Right Against Unreasonable Searches and Seizures, Voting, War
Adapted from the author's For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization
"... Bostonian merchants disguised themselves as Indians, boarded merchant ships loaded with tea, and threw the tea into the harbor. This was a wanton destruction of private property in an age when private property was held in great esteem. ... Franklin was shocked and acknowledged that full restitution should be paid at once to the owners of the tea."
Who Owns the Internet?, by Tim Swanson, Mises.org Daily Article, 4 May 2006
Related Topics: Communications Technology, Free Markets, Prices
"The main issue is not a matter of bit discrimination, multiple tiers, or even denial-of-service; rather it is a fight over private property and who owns the cornucopia of wires, cables, fibers and network infrastructure spanning the continent. Unfortunately due in large part to State intervention ... this is a somewhat vague and nebulous area ..."
Related Topics: Communications Technology, Free Markets, Prices
"The main issue is not a matter of bit discrimination, multiple tiers, or even denial-of-service; rather it is a fight over private property and who owns the cornucopia of wires, cables, fibers and network infrastructure spanning the continent. Unfortunately due in large part to State intervention ... this is a somewhat vague and nebulous area ..."