Property Rights

Ryan McMaken joins Bob to discuss his recent talk on secession at Oklahoma State University.

The right to be able to enter into contracts with others is fundamental to free markets and a free society. That means people should be able to engage in discrimination.

"Politically there is nothing more advantageous for a government than an attack on property rights, for it is always an easy matter to incite the masses against the owners of land and capital."

Dave Smith makes the Rothbardian/Hoppean case for government restriction on immigration, arguing that it's a second-best solution given the undeniable fact of government control of "public" property.

Progressives argue that free markets stand in the way of economic and racial equality. In fact, free markets are the only vehicle that can help make people more equal.

Progressive elites tell us we will own nothing and will be happy. They forget that fundamental human rights are linked to property rights.

While advocates of "decolonization" claim that property rights are a form of "Eurocentric imperialism," they also demand that results of economic prosperity that follow an ethic of property rights. "Decolonizers" cannot have it both ways.

Intellectual property laws provide another example of how government stifles innovation and competition.

Progressives argue that free markets stand in the way of economic and racial equality. In fact, free markets are the only vehicle that can help make people more equal.