History of the Institutions of Limited Government and Property
Posted in Media, SEMINAR, Video on 4 February 2011
Stats: 116 views and No Comments Tom G. Palmer speaks to students attending 2010 Applying Liberty seminar about the historical development of institutions. For the audio file of this lecture click here.
Posted in Media, SEMINAR, Video on 4 February 2011
Stats: 116 views and No Comments Tom G. Palmer speaks to students attending 2010 Applying Liberty seminar about the historical development of institutions. For the audio file of this lecture click here.
Unalienable Rights of Life, Liberty, and… Property?
Posted in From the Archives on 8 November 2010
Stats: 1,446 views and 4 Comments Today’s document, a short letter from Rose Wilder Lane to Leonard E. Read on April 25, 1950, contains an interesting claim. Lane believes she once saw a reference where Thomas Jefferson, in an early draft of the Declaration of Independence, wrote “Life, Liberty, and Property” and later changed the final ...
Posted in From the Archives on 8 November 2010
Stats: 1,446 views and 4 Comments Today’s document, a short letter from Rose Wilder Lane to Leonard E. Read on April 25, 1950, contains an interesting claim. Lane believes she once saw a reference where Thomas Jefferson, in an early draft of the Declaration of Independence, wrote “Life, Liberty, and Property” and later changed the final ...
Letter from Rose Wilder Lane to Leonard Read April 25, 1950
Posted in Document on 8 November 2010
Stats: 390 views and No Comments Letter from Rose Wilder Lane to Leonard Read April 25, 1950, which provides a reference to Lane's claim that Jefferson originally had "life, libery, and property" and later changed property to "the pursuit of happiness."
Posted in Document on 8 November 2010
Stats: 390 views and No Comments Letter from Rose Wilder Lane to Leonard Read April 25, 1950, which provides a reference to Lane's claim that Jefferson originally had "life, libery, and property" and later changed property to "the pursuit of happiness."
FEE President Lawrence Reed on The Bob Harden Show
Posted in Audio, Media on 3 October 2010
Stats: 179 views and No Comments Lawrence Reed was a guest of The Bob Harden Show - 98.9 WGUF Naples where he talked about his latest column in The Freeman "Confessions of a Secret Marxist". Providing interesting insight on Karl Marx's life and socialism, Mr. Reed also shared with the audience his sympathy to Groucho ...
Posted in Audio, Media on 3 October 2010
Stats: 179 views and No Comments Lawrence Reed was a guest of The Bob Harden Show - 98.9 WGUF Naples where he talked about his latest column in The Freeman "Confessions of a Secret Marxist". Providing interesting insight on Karl Marx's life and socialism, Mr. Reed also shared with the audience his sympathy to Groucho ...
Intellectual “Property” Versus Real Property
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 12 June 2009
Stats: 5,483 views and 96 Comments Intellectual “property” (IP) is a sleeper issue. It seems uncontroversial: Someone invents or writes something and therefore owns it. What could be plainer? But IP contains the power to destroy liberty. IP isn’t merely about rock bands preventing kids from sharing MP3s over the Internet. (See "Weird Al" Yankovic's musical commentary, ...
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 12 June 2009
Stats: 5,483 views and 96 Comments Intellectual “property” (IP) is a sleeper issue. It seems uncontroversial: Someone invents or writes something and therefore owns it. What could be plainer? But IP contains the power to destroy liberty. IP isn’t merely about rock bands preventing kids from sharing MP3s over the Internet. (See "Weird Al" Yankovic's musical commentary, ...
Human Rights vs. Property Rights
Posted in Cliches of Socialism on 2 June 2009
Stats: 502 views and No Comments "Tricky phrases with favorable meaning and emotional appeal are being used today to imply a distinction between property rights and human rights. "By implication, there are two sets of rights--one belonging to human beings and the other property. Since human beings are more important, it is natural for the unwary to ...
Posted in Cliches of Socialism on 2 June 2009
Stats: 502 views and No Comments "Tricky phrases with favorable meaning and emotional appeal are being used today to imply a distinction between property rights and human rights. "By implication, there are two sets of rights--one belonging to human beings and the other property. Since human beings are more important, it is natural for the unwary to ...
