Where’s the Kelo Calamity?
Eminent domain is the best example of how government is not the protector of private property but its main violator, writes Lew Rockwell.
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Anticapitalism Unleashed
The US Supreme Court’s 9-0 decision overturning the obstruction of justice verdict against Arthur Andersen Company comes too late to save the firm or the jobs of thousands of employees who found themselves out of work when the government destroyed the firm three years ago.
Law, Property Rights, and Air Pollution
Modern variants of positive legal theory state that the law should be what the legislators say it is. But what principles are to guide the legislators?
Libertarian Anarchism: Responses to Ten Objections
This short monograph is from an informal talk presented at the 2004 Mises University, and transcribed by Revi N. Nair.
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“Environmentalism and Economic Freedom: The Case for Private Property Rights”
Walter Block Environmentalism and Economic Freedom Acrobat Distiller 3.0 for Windows
Ethics, Efficiency, Coasian Property Rights and Psychic Income: A Reply to Harold Demsetz
David Osterfeld VENTURA Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Paper Capture Plug-in
The Impetus for Recognizing Private Property and Adopting Ethical Behavior in a Market Economy: Natural Law, Government Law, or Evolving Self-Interest
Mises convincingly argues that, given the existence of the long-run objectives instilled by private property rights, cooperation in the form of division of labor and trade emerge naturally; and therefore, under these circumstances, "there is no need to enforce cooperation by special orders or prohibitions."
Knowledge, Judgment, and the Use of Property
Hans-Hermann Hoppe A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism Acrobat 3.0 Import Plug-in
“On Property and Exploitation”
Walter Block and Hans-Hermann Hoppe On Property and Exploitation Acrobat Distiller 4.05 for Windows
Producer, Entrepreneur, and the Right to Property
What does it mean to say that a person is entitled to own what he has produced? Israel Kirzner answers the question by way of explaining the function of entrepreneurship.
