Private Property

Shelves of books have been written on Third-World poverty and its supposed cure. At last, here is one, by Hernando de Soto, that makes sense and is well worth reading.

The private sector is running circles around the Post Office, writes William Stepp, but regulations and special privileges permit the government to keep gouging the consumer.

There is no pure economic case to be made against immigration. But voting patterns this year suggest the welfare-state message has enormous appeal among immigrants. What to do?

Officials of the state are storming into the backyards of thousands of homeowners and cutting down their trees, writes Gregory Bresiger.
 

It's not all it's cracked up to be. Freedom is the only way out of the current mess, says Andei Kreptul. 

Mr. Pipes has written a very good book, but he has made life difficult for me as a reviewer. He defends the importance of property rights throughout the book, but he does not argue systematically, 

People fret and complain about trashy beaches, but there is an obvious solution: make them private and charge for entry. 

Americans have more housing choices than ever before, thanks to the automobile and modern communications. The regulators are fit to be tied, says William Anderson. 

Contrary to the propaganda, the EPA has done little or nothing to improve the quality of life and much to diminish it. 

The only secure foundation for the right of free speech is private property, but civil libertarians are loathe to admit it.