On the Liberty Fund’s Library of Law and Liberty blog, July 9, 2015, law professor Kurt Lash offers a two-part critical review of Damon Root’s Overruled (discussed in earlier post). Lash gives this introduction...
Marine natural resource policy was a Stoa debate topic two years ago. Ocean shipping and regional and global fishing issues and disputes turn out to be significant for the coming year’s Stoa resolution: Resolved:...
In a July, 2011 post on The Volokh Conspiracy (the VC site later moved to the Washington Post), David Bernstein writes: A reader emailed to say he enjoyed Rehabilitating Lochner, and wonders if I could...
Here at FreedomFest (in the strange town of Las Vegas), at the Reason Foundation booth, I was offered a copy of Damon Root’s 2014 book, Overruled: The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme...
Ethos Debate posted an interview on one of the Stoa LD topics: “Resolved: Developing countries ought to prioritize economic growth over environmental protection.” Here is a link to the interview on YouTube. And the...
Daniel Griswold, in a January 26, 2011 Washington Times article, notes: China has become the final assembly operation in a global factory. Since 1990, imports from China have grown from 3 percent of total...
The 4th of July is a good day to discuss federalism and economic freedom… Federalism and economic freedom have eroded in the U.S. during crises and wars. Historians disagree on whether most blame should...
Stoa debaters who researched the marine natural resources topic will find some familiar stories in fishing disputes between China, Japan, and South Korea. This February 15, 2015 Bloomberg News article, “How Two Small Rocks...
The success and justice of market economies flow from voluntary cooperation and exchange, entrepreneurship and innovation, freedom of choice, private property, enforceable contracts, and intermediary institutions that support these economic freedom and rule of...
How far away are Japan, China, South Korea, and Taiwan from the United States? If you live on America’s west coast, and are buying or selling goods, China is as close or closer than...
