Significant gifts for the support of this task force are acknowledged from
- John and Jean De Nault
- The JM Foundation
The Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force explores the philosophical, historical, legal, and economic foundations of property rights through scholarship and collaborative research among an interdisciplinary group of scholars that includes economists and legal experts. Together, this team will explore property rights in a contemporary context. Members will examine how secure property rights help foster economic development, encourage natural resource stewardship, advance investment in intellectual and physical capital, encourage sound business practices, and promote liberty and individual responsibility.
Terry Anderson and Gary Libecap are cochairs of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force.
News and Commentary
May 11, 2012 | John Batchelor Show
Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force) is interviewed
Guests: Greg Zuckerman, WSJ; Greg Quinn, Bloomberg; Bob Zimmerman, Behind the Black; Richard Epstein, Hoover...
May 4, 2012 | John Batchelor Show
Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force) is interviewed
Guests: Peter Coy, Bloomberg; Lara Brown, Villanova; Richard Epstein, Hoover; Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic...
May 3, 2012 | Ricochet
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Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals Jonathan Lippman announced earlier this week that from this time forward all applicants for the New York State Bar will have to demonstrate that they have performed 50 hours of pro bono work in order to be admitted to the bar...
April 30, 2012 | Advancing a Free Society
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Terry Anderson (John and Jean De Nault Senior Fellow and Cochair, Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
I am planning a trip to Spain to archery hunt for Spanish ibex, a magnificent wild goat...I’m wondering, however, if I should still go or cancel the trip and follow the lead of Spain’s King Juan Carlos by recanting my sin of hunting...
April 27, 2012 | John Batchelor Show
Terry Anderson (John and Jean De Nault Senior Fellow and Cochair, Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force);
Peter Berkowitz (Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow; Chair, National Security and Law Task Force; and Cochair, Virtues of a Free Society Task Force); and
Henry I. Miller (Robert Wesson Fellow in Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy) are interviewed
Guests: Co-Host Mary Kissel, WSJ; Terry Anderson, PERC; Susan Berfield, Bloomberg; Henry Miller, Hoover; Peter Berkowitz, Hoover...
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Featured Op-eds
May 22, 2012 | Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)
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Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
Jeffrey Toobin plays fast and loose in his assault on Citizens United...
May 15, 2012 | Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)
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Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
...and (no surprise!) Tom Friedman is wrong, too...
May 15, 2012 | Wall Street Journal
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Jonathan Macey (Visiting fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
J.P. Morgan lost $2 billion. They'll learn from experience. Regulators rarely do...
May 7, 2012 | Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)
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Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
The federal government needs to rein in the business of making student loans...
May 1, 2012 | Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)
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Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
We must liberalize labor markets, not rely on macroeconomic “fixes”...
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