Tales of the Red Tape #37: NLRB Wrongs Property Rights
One might reasonably assume that a legal corporation on American soil—in this case, Marriott—would have the right to decide when and where off-duty employees can… Read More
Time to Restore America’s Rule of Law
In his recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, Professor David Skeel of the University of Pennsylvania Law School pointed out: No one doubts that the coming… Read More
Morning Bell: Can Conservatives Be Environmentalists?
Efforts to protect the environment in America have ignored the most powerful force for improving the environment: free people. The results of these misguided policies… Read More
Sackett v. EPA: Supreme Court Takes Up Property Rights Case
Today the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Sackett v. EPA, one of the most important property rights cases to reach the Court in… Read More
Morning Bell: The Unintended Consequences of Internet Regulation
Would you be outraged if the Department of Justice shut down The Foundry without any warning and blocked access for more than a year? That’s… Read More
Property Rights: Key to Generating Wealth and Stability
“Confronting Egypt is a festering economic crisis that threatens to shatter that nation’s [already] fragile social peace and alter political orientation. For too many years… Read More
Venezuela Elections: Chavez Faces a Determined Democratic Opposition
Most Venezuelans do not want to live in a socialist/authoritarian state. Most aspire to live productive and independent lives and escape poverty through work and… Read More
The Founders, Free Markets, and Sound Money
When most people think about the Founders and economics, two common myths arise. The first is that the Founders vehemently disagreed about economics and, therefore,… Read More
In the Green Room: Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT) on Guns, Property and the EPA
Heritage Foundation today to meet with bloggers at The Blogger’s Briefing. Before the meeting, he sat down with us to talk about the Supreme Court taking up the Chicago gun-ban case, a leaked document from the Department of the Interior, and the EPA’s decision to regulate carbon dioxide emissions.
“Mostly Free” Means Fewer Jobs, Less Money for Millions in U.S.
This year’s Index of Economic Freedom contains the unsettling news that the United States has dropped out of the exclusive club of free economies and… Read More
The U.S. Isn’t as Free as It Used to Be
The United States is losing ground to its major competitors in the global marketplace, according to the 2010 Index of Economic Freedom released today by… Read More
The Clean Water Restoration Act Means Troubled Waters For Property Owners
The Waxman-Markey global warming bill is far and away the most worrisome environmental measure currently working its way through Congress, but it is certainly not… Read More
The Founders and Redistribution of Wealth
We’ve heard a lot lately about “redistribution of wealth.” What would the American Founders think? Property rights provide the foundation of prosperity. As Americans, we’re… Read More
Markets Are Environment’s Best Protection … Just Ask the Fishes
For years environmentalists have been prescribing mountains of new regulations on the fishing industry in an effort to protect fish populations. But their drive to… Read More
