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Blog08/14/2007Jim Fedako

Coasian ethics have come to roost in Ohio, or roast as the case may be (roasted soybeans in this instance).

The Columbus Dispatch reported that an Ohio Court of Claims...

Ma Kettle and Bugs Bunny in China

Blog03/26/2007Jim Fedako

Seems the Communist Chinese have a better grasp of the sanctity of property rights than many US municipalities. The International Herald Tribune is reporting that Ma Kettle of Chongqing, China,...

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World's smallest country for sale

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Blog01/08/2007Manuel Lora

A once in a lifetime chance for anarchy!

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The Minimum Wage and the "Blood Tax"

Taxes and SpendingPolitical TheoryPrivate Property

Blog01/04/2007Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

Just before Christmas I received the following from Joe Fullmer, and submit it to readers for their consideration:

"I am a lay economist — I have no formal training, but I read much, and annoy my friends and associates. So, my comments aren't...

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Owning Thoughts and Labor

Calculation and KnowledgeMonopoly and CompetitionPrivate Property

Blog12/11/2006Stephan Kinsella

The issue of whether non-scarce things like thoughts or labor are ownable has arisen in recent debates—see, e.g., Thoughts on Intellectual Property, Scarcity, Labor-ownership, Metaphors, and Lockean Homesteading;...

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The Ohio Supreme Court on Property Rights

Legal SystemPrivate Property

Blog07/27/2006Jacob H. Huebert

So we all like the Norwood decision (1 2) because the result is more respect for...

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Mutualism's Support for the Exploitation of Labor and State Coercion

Other Schools of ThoughtPrivate Property

Blog06/23/2006George Reisman

Mutualism claims to oppose the exploitation of labor, i.e., the theft of any part of its product. But when it comes to labor that has been mixed with land, it turns a blind eye and comes out foursquare on the side of the exploiter.

Thus, to elaborate on the case I presented in my last post...

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Don't Bury Uncle Bob in the Back Yard

Big GovernmentPrivate Property

Blog06/02/2006Ted Roberts

I loved my cat. Probably as much as my cousin, Malcolm, who owed me fifty bucks. So when she died — my cat, not Malcolm — I was unhappy. I remembered the words of Genesis. "Dust thou art and to dust returneth." How depressing. But I cheered up a little when I reread that big, black book and...

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What independent media?

Big GovernmentPrivate Property

Blog10/25/2005Skip Oliva

District of Columbia Mayor Anthony Williams has one year left on his second (and final) term, but his legacy has already been cemented—as a man who stole his own citizens' property to give it to Major League Baseball. The Washington Post...

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Indians, the Colonials, and Lockean Theory

U.S. HistoryPrivate PropertyValue and Exchange

Blog07/13/2005Karen De Coster

While studying colonial period business practices and property rights issues, for a business & finance history class, I read Carl Watner's Libertarians and Indians: Proprietary Justice & Aboriginal Land Rights,...