By DCT | December 11, 2009
By Peter Boettke, Ph.D.
“The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management.” –Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Kercheval, 1816.
Few concepts have been more important for human survival, yet maligned as unjust by intellectuals, as the concept of private property rights. Since at least [...]
Posted in Economics 101, Private Property | Also tagged Adam Smith, American Revolutionaries, Aristotle, Classical Economists, David Hume, Entrepreneurial, F. A. Hayek, James Madison, Ludwig von Mises, Peter J. Boettke, Private Property, Private Property Rights, Scottish Enlightenment, Socialism, Thomas Jefferson, Wealth of Nations, Western Civilization |
By DCT | October 12, 2009
From the twelfth to the eighteenth century governmental authority grew continuously. The process was understood by all who saw it happening; it stirred them to incessant protest and violent reaction. In later times its growth has continued at an accelerated pace….And now we no longer understand the process, we no longer protest, we [...]
Posted in Socialism, Tyranny | Also tagged Bertrand de Jouvenel, Founding Fathers, Freedom In Chains, James Bovard, Jean Jacques Rousseau, John Adams, Lord Acton, The Social Contract, Thomas Hobbes, Thomas Jefferson, Tyranny, U. S. Constitution |
No More Czars Please
American’s Should Be Angry About Explosion in “Czars”
By Lawrence W. Reed
Published: 19 June 2009
Since taking office, President Barack Obama has made creating “czars” a top priority. He has created a Car Czar, a Cybersecurity Czar and a Compensation Czar, just to name a few. Some counts put the total at 15 [...]
B Y L AWRENCE W. R E E D
These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is [...]