Defining Ideas by topic: Property Rights

November 16, 2011
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Patently Bad Policy

by F. Scott Kieff (Ray and Louise Knowles Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
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Will crony capitalism triumph over entrepreneurialism? The Supreme Court will soon decide.
November 4, 2011
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Wanted: More Judicial Activism!

by James Huffman (member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
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Our disengaged judiciary is failing to protect the liberties of Americans.
November 1, 2011
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The Shortsighted Keynesians

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
Another stimulus will not create jobs, but reforming our capital and labor markets will.
October 25, 2011
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Going Red on Property Rights

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
Abuse of eminent domain makes the United States look like statist China.
October 11, 2011
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California's Kafkaesque Rent Control Laws

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
Property rights and due process get second-class status in the courts.
October 4, 2011
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The Debit Card Stealth Tax

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
We need to repeal the Durbin Amendment of the Dodd-Frank Act.
September 7, 2011
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The Road to Economic Perdition

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
Why are Democrats serving up a smorgasbord of job-killing policies?
August 30, 2011
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The Perils of Price Controls

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
Why is there a shortage of cancer drugs in the United States?
August 23, 2011
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How Is Warren Buffett Like the Pope?

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
They are both dead wrong on economic policy.
August 16, 2011
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Collective Bargaining = Collective Suicide

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
Verizon’s picketing employees will suffer a shattering defeat on the issue of give-backs.