Tag: Property rights

  • Walter Williams: Government must stick to its limited and legitimate role

    Economist Walter E. Williams spoke on the legitimate role of government in a free society, touching on the role of government as defined in the Constitution, the benefits of capitalism and private property, and the recent attacks on individual freedom and limited government.

  • Guitar makers and players targeted by onerous laws

    Today the Wall Street Journal reports again on startling examples of overcriminalization, with federal authorities conducting raids on businesses based on aggressive enforcement of broad and vague laws.

  • Sweatshops best alternative for some workers

    While sweatshops are not the place most Americans would choose to work, they are often the best alternative available to workers in some countries. Pay is low compared to U.S. standards because worker productivity is low, and the process of economic development will lead to increases in productivity and pay. But most policies promoted to…

  • Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday August 1, 2011

    Today: Debt deal seen as victory for smaller government; Wichita city council; Sedgwick County Commission; Obama on the debt ceiling, 2006 version; New Wichita city council members; Project moves forward, despite missing welfare; Wichita downtown restaurants; Cato University.

  • Charles Koch: Advancing economic freedom

    Charles and David Koch defend the principles of economic freedom that leads to prosperity for everyone, and warn against the dangers it faces.

  • Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday May 4, 2011

    Today: Stripper bill III; Arts Commission funding in; sunshine needed on public pensions and benefits; beyond the debt ceiling headlines.

  • Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday March 28, 2011

    Today: Wichita Eagle endorsements; Wichita City Council this week; Sedgwick County commission this week; Kansas judicial selection; Kansas Department of Labor computer system; General Electric: no taxes for me; Freeloaders come in all types; New York City may seek waiver from ObamaCare; Economic freedom and a better life; government investment specialty.

  • Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Sunday March 13, 2011

    Today: Wichita city council this week; how attitudes can differ; private property and the price system; toward a free market in education; are lottery tickets like a state-owned casino?; money, banking and the Federal Reserve; Wichita-area legislators to meet public; Pompeo to meet with public; losing the brains race; Teachers unions explained.

  • Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday March 2, 2011

    Today: Duplication in federal programs found; bureaucrats can’t change the way we drive … but they keep trying; Wednesdays in Wiedemann tonight; Americans for Prosperity website attacked; Kansas presidential primary pitched as economic development; Huelskamp joins Tea Party Caucus; how government works.