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Why Socialism Is a Bad Alternative to Capitalism for Natural Resource Development and Environmental Protection
by Alan Carlin June 7, 2019As discussed last week, the Climate Socialists in the US Democratic Party ultimate objective appears to be to replace capitalism by socialism.
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EconomicsFeaturedLiberty
Economic Ideas: Jean-Baptiste Say and the “Law of Markets”
by Richard Ebeling June 20, 2017Whatever economic freedom we enjoy in the world today is due, to a great extent, to the ideas and efforts of the classical liberals and economists of the first half of the nineteenth century.
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Budgets/TaxesGovernmentLegal Affairs
Property Rights: The Root of Freedom
by David S. D'Amato November 23, 2016A man’s home, as the saying goes, is his castle. For socialists and even many progressives, however, private property is an obstacle to be overcome, the source of the capitalist’s power to exploit, a privilege that must yield to broader social justice concerns.
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Legal AffairsLibertyRegulation
Book Review: Cornerstone of Liberty – Property Rights in 21st Century America
by Daniel K. Robin September 15, 2016The infamous Kelo decision which turned the “public use” clause of the 5th Amendment into a “public benefit or a revenue enhancement clause” is but a tip of a dangerous iceberg.
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Elizabeth Warren Despises ‘Special Interests,’ But Supports Their Master: The Administrative State
by David S. D'Amato May 2, 2016Even if we assume that sclerotic bureaucracies are able to identify the ever-elusive “public good,” what incentive do they have to serve it and not their own ends? Progressivism and its crusaders simply never bothered to answer this fundamental question.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Justice Scalia’s Death Could Lead to a Seismic Shift in Environmental Law
by H. Sterling Burnett March 8, 2016While Scalia’s time serving on the Supreme Court influenced a wide range of issues, his critical analyses and carefully crafted opinions on environmental issues had an outsized impact on environmental policy and law. Scalia’s vote was often the difference between protecting individual liberty against attempts to expand government power and rulings that would have imposed the misanthropic wishes of radical environmentalists on the public.
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Environment/EnergyFeaturedLegal Affairs
True Climate Criminals Facing Trial
by H. Sterling Burnett February 7, 2016Another prominent climate scientist has been accused of breaking the law. Following on the heels of the resignation of Rajendra Pachauri as head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change…