Property Rights

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David Gordon

Can natural resources be appropriated but still subject to a rental tax?

Daniella Bassi

So oppressive was the Inca regime that it's no wonder the Spaniards found many enemies willing to help topple the empire.

Jeff Deist

Will guilt or innocence in criminal trials increasingly hinge on broader desirable social justice outcomes?

Joakim Book

Step 1: claim that only government can solve the problem of "externalities." Step 2: claim that externalities are everywhere. Step 3: send in bureaucrats to solve every "problem" caused by externalities.

Jeff Deist

Is this trend toward soft secession necessarily illiberal? Is the potential for creating more states or political subdivisions, even if smaller and less sclerotic, moving us further from an idealized Hoppean private community model?

Daniella Bassi

Many scholars employ excessively narrow notions of homesteading which wrongly suggest that virtually all Indian hunting grounds and food sources were "unowned."  

David Gordon

Kevin Vallier's new book is a valuable contribution to "public reason liberalism," introducing useful arguments for strengthening private property rights.

Ryan McMaken

This new turn toward obedience to expert-fueled executive power didn’t appear from nowhere. Society has long been moving toward a model of society in which outcomes are more important than the protection of natural rights.