Tag Archives: Private Property

It’s the Investment, Stupid

Steven Horwitz: Posted at The Coordination Problem Here is the most important blog post you will read all week, and it comes from the indispensible Bob Higgs. Bob points out that all the talk about “stimulating consumption” is beside the point because consumption spending is not the problem! Real personal consumption spending is now above [...]

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The Role of Private Property in a Free Society

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 [...]

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The Real Meaning of Thanksgiving: The Triumph of Capitalism over Collectivism

Written by Richard M. Ebeling Monday, 24 November 2008 00:00 This time of the year, whether in good economic times or bad, is when we gather with our family and friends and enjoy a Thanksgiving meal together. It marks a remembrance of those early Pilgrim Fathers who crossed the uncharted ocean from Europe to make [...]

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Legal Plunder and Socialist Utopias

It appears that we are witnessing, not only an all out assault on the greatest free-market system in the world, but the re-engineering of American society. The statements made by, then candidate, Barack Obama, that this economic recovery will be from the bottom-up, and the, “don’t you believe in spreading the wealth around,” were insights [...]

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What Is Law? [Part 2] – Frederic Bastiat

…Thus, since an individual cannot lawfully use force against the person, liberty, or property of another individual, then the common force—for the same reason—cannot lawfully be used to destroy the person, liberty, or property of individuals or groups. [From Part 1] Such a perversion of force would be, in both cases, contrary to our premise. [...]

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