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Tag Archives: Property
Hoppe on Property Rights
A criticism of Hoppe’s argumentation ethic. Continue reading
Self-Ownership and Private Property
Is private property a necessary consequence of self-ownership, or is it more accurately a product of rationality? Continue reading
Development of Property Rights
Are property rights a part of natural law, or were they developed through social contract? I argue in support of the latter. Continue reading
Property Rights
What’s the best defense of property rights you’ve read?
Deforation is the Tyranny of Government
Deforestation requires governments to respect private property rights, and allow individuals to rightfully acquire and cultivate farmland. Continue reading
Bill Clinton is a Moron
Bill Clinton might think that some races are less capable than others, but in reality all men are born equal. The ability to excel is limited only by the limitations imposed on that individual by government and himself. Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous
Tagged Bill, Clinton, entrepreneurship, Government, Haiti, liberty, Property, racism, regulation, rights, tyranny
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How Not to Make Globalization Work
In Making Globalization Work, Joseph Stiglitz fails to make a good case against liberalization. Instead, he further underscores liberalization’s importance in global development, and instead misidentifies mercantilism as ” capitalism”. Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged Capital, global, globalization, intellectual, labor, liberalization, markets, outsourcing, Patents, Private, Property, Stiglitz, Unemployment, wages
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Classical Liberalism versus Anarchocapitalism
Professor Jesús Huerta de Soto on the differences between anarcho-capitalism and classical liberalism, and why intellectual evolution eventually leads to anarcho-capitalism. Continue reading
Posted in Theory
Tagged Anarchism, anarcho-capitalism, Capitalism, freedom, Government, Huerta, intervention, Jesús, Property, rights, Socialism, Soto, tyranny
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Liberalized Capital Markets and Poverty
There seems to be a great deal of misconceptions in regards to what market liberalization is, to how Capitalism can foster economic growth in any given country and the case of globalism in the Third World. As a result, many have unconvincingly and incorrectly attributed greater impoverishment to the liberalization of capital markets. Continue reading
Oil Spills & Property Rights
Big oil companies don’t clean up their own oil spills because of lack of private property rights. Big oil companies simply don’t have the incentive to spend money on cleaning their messes, especially when nobody holds them liable and the government pays for the service with taxpayer’s money. Continue reading →