Private Property
Patents and Copyrights: Do the Benefits Exceed the Costs?
Patents and copyrights are forms of immaterial “property” that grant to their owners exclusive control over the production and sale of a specified
Is The Wealth of Nations’ Third Duty of the Sovereign Compatible with Laissez Faire?
In section 1 we will discuss the property rights aspect of public works in The Wealth of Nations.
Economics and Property Rights: Alternative Approaches
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 23 July 2014.
Employer-Provided Health Care Is Not a Religious Issue
The fact that opponents of private property rights have managed to frame the debate over health-care mandates as some sort of religious issue is on
Government Roads, Subsidies, and the Costs of Fracking
A result of a complex system of subsidies and other government favors, it is unclear that fracking would be sustainable in a truly free marketplace.
You Didn’t Consent to Be the State’s Victim
Defenders of government coercion often claim that residence within a state’s boundaries imply consent to be taxed and regulated by the state in question. While one can expect to be robbed by the state regardless of where one lives, this is not the same as consenting to be robbed.
A Libertarian Critique of Intellectual Property
Butler Shaffer's contribution to libertarian legal theory and an indispensable guide to a vital topic.
Inequality and Capital
Mark Thornton critiques Thomas Piketty's recent bestseller, and explains why capitalism is not the problem, nor are taxation and redistribution of wealth the solutions.
The Canadian Housing Bubble
Interviewed by host Redmond Weissenberger, Mark Thornton discusses the real estate and job markets.
