The Kelo Decision and the Fourteenth Amendment
In the Kelo decision, the city of New London, Connecticut, exercised the power of eminent domain to seize the private property of Susette Kelo and
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The Territorial Assumption: Rationale for Conquest
The classic definition of the State involves two elements: a coercive monopolization of defense services over a given geographic area, and the impo
All Government is Excessive: A Rejoinder to Dwight Lee’s “In Defense of Excessive Government”
Given Dwight Lee’s stalwart free enterprise credentials, it is more than passingly curious that the title of his 1998 Presidential Address to the S
Wresting Land from the Sea: An Argument Against Public Goods Theory
According to many economists we need the state to provide public goods.
Is Government Really Inevitable?
In response to my article, “Government: Unnecessary but Inevitable” (2004), Walter Block (2005) offers a detailed refutation of my argument on the
Review of To Serve and Protect: Privatization and Community in Criminal Justice by Bruce Benson
This is the most important book on public policy to be published in a long time.
Self-Ownership, Abortion, and the Rights of Children: Toward a More Conservative Libertarianism
For many libertarians, the thesis of self-ownership is the foundation of their political philosophy.
Constitutional Chaos: What Happens When the Government Breaks its Own Laws by Andrew Napolitano
In this article, William L. Anderson reviews Judge Andrew P.
Revisiting “Do We Ever Really Get Out of Anarchy?”
Three decades ago, I published “Do We Ever Really Get Out of Anarchy?” The answer I gave is that we do not, that government only substitutes one ki
