Tag: property rights
Ron Swanson explains property rights with sandwiches and landmines
July 28, 2017 | Post
Understanding the far-reaching positive influence of individual property rights requires some creative thinking.
This company helps African farmers secure their land rights.
June 29, 2017 | Post
A for-profit company is helping rural Africans earn money from their land by securing their property rights.
Immigration policy is first and foremost about property rights
May 19, 2017 | Post
Should governments have a blanket right to exclude immigrants?
Best Selling Computer Game of All Time Teaches… Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Cooperation?
May 17, 2017 | Post
On the 8th anniversary of Minecraft’s launch, let’s take a moment to appreciate just how great it is.
Blame outdated rights for California's water woes.
April 22, 2017 | Post
California is running on the equivalent of a Windows operating system (OS) that’s backwards compatible with earlier versions of the OS — and thus just as confusing, complicated, and conservative as you would expect from a system dating back decades.
Let’s take back the meaning of “pro-choice”
April 12, 2017 | Post
Truly supporting choice means supporting the right of individuals to choose.
Emma Watson is right. Feminism is about choice.
March 30, 2017 | Post
Watson offered up a simple truism about feminism that is more powerful than it might sound: “Feminism is about giving women choice.”
Mary Wollstonecraft: Libertarian Feminist
March 21, 2017 | Post
Almost two centuries before the women’s lib movement and a full century before the suffragettes, not all women were quiet subordinates to men. In this 1996 essay, historian Jim Powell provides us with an illuminating account of the brilliant Mary Wollstonecraft, an 18th-century author and philosopher who never minced her words in defense of equal […]
Civil asset forfeiture: Resist, reform, repeal
March 15, 2017 | Post
Whether you’re on the right or the left, if you care about civil rights, property rights, or liberty, abolishing civil asset forfeiture should be high on your agenda.
Women prosper when markets are free
March 8, 2017 | Post
Today is International Women’s Day and, in some of the least surprising news of the day, it turns out that women’s equality ties into economic freedom. International Women’s Day was founded by the American Socialist Party in 1909 and usually ends up celebrating women in government, politics, and statism, but let’s look at something else. […]
Not your business: Let restaurant owners make their own decisions
January 18, 2017 | Post
The free-market concept is simple — private property owners should be able to preside over whatever policies they want.
Why we should celebrate capitalism and consumerism, at Christmas and all year
December 22, 2016 | Post
Last Christmas, Pope Francis criticized holiday consumerism, saying that ours is “a society often intoxicated by consumerism … wealth and extravagance.”
To understand why this sort of critique is mistaken, and why consumerism and capitalism deserve our love at Christmastime and throughout the year, we need to go back to basics.
The case of post-Soviet Georgia shows us that economic freedom and human dignity are inseparable
December 21, 2016 | Post
I was still a Soviet citizen when I first read some of the international documents on human, economic, and political rights.
Capitalism & slavery
December 15, 2016 | Post
The most far-fetched myth that I’ve encountered recently is that the wealth of the modern Western world, especially that of the United States, is the product of slavery.
Getting prices right for the Dakota Access Pipeline
November 24, 2016 | Post
One great benefit of markets is that prices tell us what to do. Not through orders, which often don’t work, but through incentives.
Common law gave you real property ownership
November 11, 2016 | Post
With minor variations between the states, the law governing the use and ownership of real property emerged as part of English common law.
Economic freedom and economic harmony
October 28, 2016 | Post
The right of humans to freely cooperate on an open market is the surest way to bring about not only economic, but human harmony.
You Might Be Fined for Selling Your Car
September 17, 2016 | Post
After putting a “For Sale” sign in the window of his car, which was parked on the street outside his home, Michael Cefali was surprised to receive a $50 ticket from the city of San Juan Capistrano. According to the Orange County Register, Cefali violated a city code which “prohibits the parking of a vehicle […]
YouTube's Attempt to Protect Viewers From Controversial Opinions Will Backfire
September 9, 2016 | Post
YouTube is effectively censoring video content by barring videos that depict controversial subjects from collecting advertising revenue.
How Free Speech Protects Property
September 3, 2016 | Post
Does a ban on signs on the beach infringe on property rights? Edward and DeLanie Goodwin, in partnership with the Pacific Legal Foundation, argue that it does, and have filed a lawsuit with Walden County, Florida. Walden County recently banned all signs on private beach property—this includes “Private Property” and “No Trespassing” signs meant to […]
Why Private Businesses Can Discriminate Against Someone Like Bina Ramesh
August 13, 2016 | Post
A few weeks ago, park staff asked Bina Ramesh, a 22-year-old woman celebrating her birthday at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, to change her attire because they deemed it inappropriate—something that Ramesh interpreted as an obvious ploy to discriminate against women. The story does make the park look pretty unsympathetic. It seems […]
Americans Owe It to Themselves to Consider Reparations for Marginalized Minorities
June 22, 2016 | Post
Property rights are key for a free society. Since they set out what belongs to whom, they are the foundation for human freedom. Property norms tell us who can do what, with what, and to whom. When securely guaranteed, property rights offer a basis (if not the best basis) for predictability and stability. As social […]
You Need to Consider the Moral Aspects of “Feeling the Bern”
June 16, 2016 | Post
Many voters, especially younger voters, are “feeling the Bern.” But what exactly are they feeling? Generally, these individuals believe that some people (financially successful individuals) owe other people (low-income individuals)—and that some people, like those of the working class or youth demographic, are entitled to receive benefits at the expense of others. Is This an […]
Featured On Demand Program of the Week: Protecting the Environment
April 18, 2016 | Post
Saving a species from extinction is a daunting and important task. On many occasions, legislation designed to protect endangered species can be both inefficient and ineffective. Protecting the environment has the same problems – no matter how well-intentioned environmental protection laws are, unintended consequences often make bad situations worse, exacerbating pollution and environmental waste. Can […]