Building Code Tyranny
Private property rights have become an endangered species
Historic Preservation of Freedom
It's ironic and sad that so many people care so little about preserving private property rights, as evidenced by the capitulation to political zoning of historic districts.
Liberty and Property
In practice, they are synonymous.
In practice, they are synonymous.
For the Public GoodThe power of eminent domain remains the vehicle that makes the city able continually not to remake, but to destroy, itself, in order to reach political rather than market goals.
For the Public GoodThe power of eminent domain remains the vehicle that makes the city able continually not to remake, but to destroy, itself, in order to reach political rather than market, cultural or artistic goals. In many instances, using eminent domain disrupts businesses and scatters people in the name of getting rid of blight.
Beyond the Wit of Man to Force: Voluntaryism and Land Use Controls
by Carl Watner
A history of zoning and land-use controls in the USA. "In a free society, land use controls and building codes would exist under the framework of private covenants and insurance company standards (to be met as a precondition to obtaining insurance coverage)."
Lowering the bar
Businesses are being forced to lower standards to accommodate for unqualified employees.
By Dan Seligman
Civil Asset Forfeiture Violates Property Rights
The police are robbing people blind. They are stealing millions of dollars worth of property each year from mostly innocent people who have not even been charged with a crime, and the mainstream media and many politicians remain silent about it.
