Kelo Fallout
Robert Bidinotto sent me this note: FREEPORT – With Thursday’s Supreme Court decision, Freeport officials instructed attorneys to begin preparing legal documents to seize three pieces of waterfront property along…
Political Theory
Not So Wild, After All
Violence and Glamour Sell John Tierney’s latest column in the New York Times (requires simple registration), “The Mild, Mild West,” is an excellent introduction to both the demythologization of the…
Excellent George Will Analysis of the Kelo Decision
Five For Theft Writing in the Washington Post (requires simple registration) today, George Will argued against the “Damaging Deference” the Court showed to elected political bodies. It offered a strong…
Excellent George Will Analysis of the Kelo Decision
Five For Theft Writing in the Washington Post (requires simple registration) today, George Will argued against the “Damaging Deference” the Court showed to elected political bodies. It offered a strong…
A Blow to Justice
Suzanne and Matt Dery’s Home Will Be Taken from Them to Benefit a Private Developer The decision by the Supreme Court in the case of Kelo v. New London is…
Value for Money?
According to Reuters, “We believe this represents a value-for-money monarchy,” said Alan Reid, the “Keeper of the Privy Purse” who looks after the queen’s finances. As a tourism attraction, that…
The Spread of Ideas Across Borders
Idea Casting I’m preparing for my lectures at the University of Denver on “Globalization and Poverty.” In doing so, I’ve been thinking of how the free movement of information is…
A Libertarian Gem Available Again
I’m pleased to recommend a brilliant, influential, and deeply radical essay on liberty that was first published 1832 and is now available on-line from the Online Library of Liberty. The…
Kapitalismus-Debatte in Deutschland
I was interviewed by Die Zeit about the remarks of Franz Müntefering (see posts below: 1, 2). The quotations are in this piece, “America’s Economists Criticize German Ignorance.”
The Perils of Revisiting “Flawed Privatizations”
In a column in the Washington Post (requires simple registration), Anders Aslund points out what goes wrong when even rigged privatizations are undone or called into question: property rights generally…