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Lawrence J. McQuillan

Lawrence J. McQuillan, PhD, is senior fellow and director of the Center on Entrepreneurial Innovation at The Independent Institute (www.independent.org) in Oakland, California.

Articles

Privatize Federal Lands

09/16/2024 Mises Wire Kristian Fors Lawrence J. McQuillan

Land in its natural state is not owned by anyone, argued John Locke in Two Treatises of Government, but after land is transformed by an individual’s labor, that person earns a right to own the land...

The Courage to be Utopian

07/02/2013 Mises Daily Lawrence J. McQuillan

In “The Intellectuals and Socialism,” Nobel laureate F.A Hayek shows how ideas gain acceptance in modern society. More importantly, he shows how to win the battle of ideas against supporters of big...

Publications

The Sizzle of Economic Freedom

08/30/2018 Robert P. Murphy Lawrence J. McQuillan

Freedom lovers have long tried to win converts — and especially voters — by appealing to first principles of classical liberalism embraced by the Founding Fathers: above all, the inalienable right of an individual to chart the course of his own life

Media

Lawrence McQuillan Explains the Policy Inferno Behind the California Wildfires

01/18/2025 Robert P. Murphy Lawrence J. McQuillan

Lawrence McQuillan joins Bob to delve into the regulatory failures and mismanagement behind the wildfire crisis in California.

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