Property


Discussing Responsibility, Regulation, and the Future of Freedom

This is an interview I participated in from London on business ethics, responsibility, regulation, and the future if freedom on IEA.tv. There is also some discussion of my upcoming book…

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Intellectual Property: Philosophical and Economic Background

My articles on “Are Patents and Copyrights Morally Justified? The Philosophy of Property Rights and Ideal Objects” (Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Summer 1990) and “Intellectual Property: A…

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Legalized Theft: “Civil Asset Forfeiture” Explained

From the good folks at the Institute for Justice.

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Smart Questions About Rights

A. Barton Hinkle asks some very smart questions in his newspaper column “Debates of 2010 Raised More Questions.” Treating the failure to take someone’s money away from him as if…

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Happy 101st Year, Ronald Coase!

The great lawyer/economist Ronald Coase is cruising into his 101st year. His 100th birthday was a few days ago (December 30, 2010) and he is still at work teaching economics,…

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