Topic: Property Rights

Politics as Self-Interest: Housing Is the Exception That Proves the Rule 

“The costs of NIMBYism hit renters, landowners, employers, and future generations hard. But of those groups, only landowners have the direct incentive to show up to support projects being built on their own land. ” ~ Jason Sorens

Wealth Taxes: The Tale of “Tuh”

“Wealth taxes are premised on the idea that since security services make wealth more valuable, the wealthy have to pay a share of the value ‘created’ by the state. But that’s ridiculous.”

Eliminating the Debt Ceiling: Is There Anything the 14th Amendment Can’t Do?

“The Biden administration threatens to invoke Section 4 of the Fourteenth Amendment to sidestep the longstanding federal debt ceiling in a way that would increase the power of the executive branch. ” ~ Robert E. Wright

All Housing is Still Affordable Housing: “Seen and Unseen” Edition

“The unseen cause of gentrification is the knee-jerk NIMBYism of affluent leftist neighborhood associations. And that causes the elimination of almost all affordable housing in the city, quickly.” ~ Michael Munger

Without Economic Freedom, None of the Others Matter

“Forbidding entrepreneurial ventures that have not been granted prior approval and design review by unelected officials is, practically speaking, state ownership of the means of production.” ~ Paul Schwennesen

Green vs. Green: The Political, Legal, and Administrative Pitfalls Facing Green Energy Production

Coronavirus and Human Rights

The Economics of Mending Wall

“Robert Frost’s masterful poem gives economists and students many opportunities to learn about property rights, self-governance, and peaceful cooperation.” ~ Byron B. Carson

Innocence Doesn’t Matter When the Government Wants to Steal Your Money

“If we truly believe that Americans should be considered innocent until proven guilty, not guilty until proven innocent, then we need to end the scourge of civil asset forfeiture entirely.” ~ Joe Setyon

Seth Rogen’s Car

“Don’t let people like Rogen get away with saying, ‘It’s called ‘living in a big city.’ It’s not. It’s about defining what kinds of victimization you’re comfortable seeing others go through.” ~ Lou Perez

Constituting Constitutional Economics

“As Smith himself put it: ‘Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice.'” ~ Alexander William Salter

Supreme Court Grants Rare Win For Economic Freedom

“The Court’s decision marks a step in the right direction towards a judicial regime that enforces the Constitution and does not view it as simply a welcome mat for the ambitions of state actors. Although it is only one decision, it should send a clear signal that in this country, under this constitution, the inalienable rights of individuals shall be protected from the mob as well as the Leviathan.” ~ Ethan Yang