Mises said, “The continued existence of society depends upon private property.” Private property is essential for exchange, economic calculation, and many more pillars of human civilization.
With people calling for an audit of the US gold stores at Fort Knox, perhaps we should remember how that gold got there in the first place. Franklin Roosevelt‘s theft of gold from the American people is a crime that still needs to be rectified.
David Gordon revisits Richard Weaver‘s 1948 classic Ideas Have Consequences and finds that this volume has much to tell us today. This review takes us through Weaver‘s views on property rights and the welfare state, and he found the latter wanting.
The religious left today claims that Jesus was a socialist who was against private property and any kind of economic arrangement that smacks of capitalism. An investigation into Jesus‘s teachings and actions overwhelmingly contradicts that notion.
Government-sponsored currency means one does not own one‘s money. Cryptocurrency, however, is privately owned, which is a threat to government's money monopoly, potentially creating monetary property rights.
The recent back-and-forth on banning TikTok because it‘s said to be a “Chinese company” risks the US ironically becoming even more like China.
Dinesh D'Souza and guest Ryan McMaken discuss the issue of birthright citizenship.
In The Ethics of Liberty, Murray Rothbard conceptualizes “the defense of the rights of person and property” as the foundation of libertarian law.
Lawrence McQuillan joins Bob to delve into the regulatory failures and mismanagement behind the wildfire crisis in California.
With governments cracking down on free speech and even criminalizing alleged defamation, it is time to take a new look at libel laws. Murray Rothbard provides a clear-headed view of libel law—and why it shouldn‘t exist at all.
