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Hoover Digest by topic: Property Rights

April 21, 2010

Deregulate Now

High taxes, obstructive land-use policies, layers of entitlements, and union chokeholds. State and local governments need a break. By Richard A. Epstein.

October 9, 2009

Patent Patience

Courts have wrought big changes in the patent system. Now Congress and the White House need to let the system settle. By F. Scott Kieff and Kevin Rivette.

October 9, 2009

Tea for You

Fans of limited government have taken their lumps lately, and unfortunately, one “tea party” does not a revolution make. By Richard A. Epstein.

April 13, 2009

The Unfinished Work of Sidney Drell

Reflecting on his career as one of Stanford’s "Pioneers in Science," the physicist and Hoover senior fellow says the need for arms control is more pressing than ever.

January 22, 2009

How Do You Run a Bailout?

How do you run a bailout?

By keeping some troubled paper, dumping some lousy mortgages, and taking a vow of political fortitude. That’s how. By Richard A. Epstein.

October 12, 2008

“A Tax Revolt, First and Foremost”

A Tax Revolt, First and Foremost by Rabushka

A comprehensive book by Hoover senior fellow Alvin Rabushka shows how newborn America found its financial footing.

July 1, 2008

A Critical Weakness

The effort may be slow and fumbling, but China is attempting to embrace property rights at last. By Jialin Zhang.

June 27, 2008

Eminently Unjust

Eminent Domain Issues

Give government too much discretion in eminent-domain cases, and you’ll get not justice or efficiency but favoritism and intrigue. By Richard A. Epstein.

April 17, 2008

Maverick in the Courtroom

Stand up for limited government and property rights, and you’ll usually stand alone. By Richard A. Epstein.

July 30, 2002

When It’s Not Just Humans Who Are in Trouble

Robert Mugabe, the autocratic president of Zimbabwe, has begun enacting misguided “land reform” policies that would confiscate virtually all of the private property in the country. The program is proving disastrous for the country’s people—and its wildlife. By Hoover fellow Terry L. Anderson.