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  • Solving conflicts.

    Please critique. Human action is purposeful behavior. Humans act with the purpose of satisyfing his or her needs and wants. In order to satisfy these needs and wants individuals may need or want to utilize goods. When two or more individuals need or want to utilize the same good (at the same time) in...
    Posted to Political Theory by LiberTed on Mon, Sep 17 2012

  • When does lost property cease to be rightfully owned?

    An interesting question I found pertaining to the nature of property: In 1987, Plaintiff lost an expensive watch while attending a company picnic at a city park. When he realized the watch had been lost, he and his friends searched the grounds for an hour without success. He posted s everal signs in...
    Posted to Political Theory by Willy Truth on Mon, Aug 20 2012

  • Re: So i was talking to an anarcholeftist....

    Can the following proposition be defended on libertarian/Rothbardian grounds?: If an individual uses his labor in the form of his willingness to defend a particular patch of land for the purpose of maintaining it's pristine naturalness it may be said that he legitimately owns it. Has anyone considered...
    Posted to Political Theory by JT King on Fri, Jul 13 2012

  • How does your country handle property rights

    It's quite interesting to see, what place property rights play in any country. There are countries where this is values really high, but there also are countries in which grants on property rights look like an "oversight" or afterrthought. Let's take Germany, we are infamous for a few...
    Posted to F Dominicus Blog by Friedrich Dominicus on Tue, Oct 12 2010
    Filed under: values?, disappropriation, Property

  • Intellectual Property

    Contents Summary of Debate Definition of Intellectual Property Summary of Debate Definition of Intellectual Property Patents Copyright Trademark Trade Secrets
    Posted to Pro-Con Debate by Ryan on Sun, Apr 25 2010
    Filed under: copyright, law, patent, property, trademark

  • Towards a productive libertarian approach on climate, energy and environmental issues

    [This is a work in progress and largely taken from previous posts, but readers might find some value in it in the meanwhile.] 1. Heated but vacuous climate wars On environmental issues in general and climate in particular, find me someone ranting about “Malthusians ” or "environazis"...
    Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Wed, Feb 10 2010
    Filed under: property, rent-seeking, energy, Enviro Derangement Syndrome, power, climate change

  • More insights on what's wrong with Haiti and how it can be fixed

    What needs to be done? Simply, an end to corrupt rule and heavy taxes and regulatory burdens, central planning and intrusive foreign aid "development" schemes (that feed local elites and foreign contractors), and free and open trade with foreign nations. Further to my prior post , here are...
    Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Thu, Jan 21 2010
    Filed under: tragedy of commons, property, agriculture subsidies, rule of law, aid, Haiti, corruption

  • [Update] Some food for thought on who (US/UN/others/Haitians) and what is responsible for making and keeping Haiti poor

    [Note: Richard Ebeling `s piece on the Jan. 19 Mises Daily page (" Real Economic Reform for a Hurting Haiti ") is the most thoughtful libertarian take so far.] I found these four pieces (two post-quake, two before) interesting. Haiti Didn't Become a Poor Nation All on Its Own -- The U.S's...
    Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Tue, Jan 19 2010
    Filed under: tragedy of commons, property, agriculture subsidies, rule of law, aid, Haiti, corruption

  • Avatar at Home? Those pesky Somali pirates have hampered the pillage of East African seas, leading to higher fish catches by locals

    As a follow-up to my earlier posts (note: link fixed) on how the rape of East African fisheries ($200-300 million per year) & ocean dumping by Western nations led to the rise of Somali piracy, I just ran across this interesting recent report by AP (" Kenya fishermen see upside to pirates: more...
    Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Tue, Jan 12 2010
    Filed under: tragedy of commons, property, fisheries, piracy, Somalia, Kenya, natives, Avatar
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