Daniella Bassi

Articles

Order without the State: Lessons from Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’s Florida Scrub

05/14/2024 Mises Wire Daniella Bassi

There have been all manner of land disputes over the course of human history, but one type of conflict that seems to surface time and again is a situation in which nonowners are suddenly barred from...

Thanks to Government Animal Control, Stray Animals Rule My Neighborhood

05/01/2024 Mises Wire Daniella Bassi

In my neighborhood, we have an animal control problem. When I go for a walk, I carry dog mace (a nonlethal alternative to my usual revolver) because there are always, always , loose dogs out. I’ve...

Privatize Driver’s Licenses

04/24/2024 Mises Wire Daniella Bassi

Driving home one Friday afternoon, I got stuck behind an elderly woman going twenty miles per hour under the speed limit. The speed limit was forty-five. We were on a country road, so I couldn’t pass...

Media

Thanks to Government Animal Control, Stray Animals Rule My Neighborhood

05/07/2024 Daniella Bassi

Animal control officers are supposed to, well, control animals in a municipal area. But thanks to animal control policies, it's the stray animals that are in control of our author’s town.

Privatize Driver’s Licenses

05/05/2024 Daniella Bassi

People often stubbornly hold to false beliefs, one of them being that government regulation of driving prevents chaos. However, the opposite seems to be true: government involvement in anything, including driving a car, creates the chaos we claim we want to avoid.

How to Be a Better Writer

07/29/2023 William L. Anderson Daniella Bassi Tho Bishop Ryan McMaken

A panel featuring members of the Mises Institute editorial staff.

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