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Law, Property Rights, and Air Pollution

contact@mises.org (Murray N. Rothbard) — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Here is the masterful essay on property rights that represents Murray Rothbard's most advanced thought. It is probably the most seminal of all pieces on the topic that have appeared in our times. "The normative principle I am suggesting for the law is simply this: No action should be considered illicit or illegal unless it invades, or aggresses against, the person or just property of another. Only invasive actions should be declared illegal, and combated with the full power of the law. The invasion must be concrete and physical. There are degrees of seriousness of such invasion, and hence, different proper degrees of restitution or punishment."

Where There's Smoke, You Don't Have to Be

contact@mises.org (Ninos Malek) — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Ninos Malek argues that you do not have to breathe in any second-hand smoke while you are eating, drinking, socializing, or gambling. You can go elsewhere.

Salvation Through Private Property Alone

contact@mises.org (Brad Edmonds) — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Brad Edmonds writes that the grand conflicts of recent weeks, months, and years would have been avoided or the damage minimized with property rights.

Where Would General Motors Be Without the United Automobile Workers Union?

contact@mises.org (George Reisman) — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Writes George Reisman: What the UAW has done, on the foundation of coercive, interventionist labor legislation, is bring a once-great company to its knees.

Henry George and the Tariff Question

contact@mises.org (Karen DeCoster) — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Karen DeCoster writes that the problem identified by Henry George, in Protection or Free Trade, is that of poverty, and more specifically, wages and unemployment.

How Big Is Bush's Big Government?

contact@mises.org (Mark Brandly) — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT

In the 2000 election, Bush II promised to shovel money into all sorts of programs — and he's kept that promise, writes Mark Brandly.

George Mason: Protectionism at its Worst

contact@mises.org (T. Norman Van Cott) — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Mason labeled the slave trade as "diabolical," "disgraceful," "infamous," and "detestable" immediately prior to arguing that slave owners' rights be strengthened. T. Norman Van Cott explains.

Don't Create a Government in Iraq

contact@mises.org (Chris Westley) — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Chris Westley argues that the competing parties in Iraq have very good reasons for agitating against another national government being foisted upon them by outsiders.

The Rocky Road of American Taxation

contact@mises.org (Charles Adams) — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT

No modern revolution was deeper rooted in taxation than the revolt of the Thirteen Colonies in British North America, writes Charles Adams.