Thoughts & Views

Freedom is never free, or so we have been told many times over the years. I certainly heard it many times growing up. Often, it was in...

Hindsight is 20/20, or so the saying goes. This year of 2020 has been most unusual. Even as news of the novel coronavirus emerged at...

Back in February, I wrote about the economic good of a pandemic. Not much time has elapsed, but much has transpired. I didn’t foresee...

Using antitrust laws to break up Facebook may not bring about the consumer choice that proponents want. Published by The Sunwater...

Commentary on a piece in Yale Climate Connections arguing that climate policy is needed to strengthen property rights, while...

If you lose something and stop looking for it for years, do you own it once someone else finds it? Treasure hunters and archaeologists...

If you own property along a river or lake, you are generally allowed to build a pier, dock, etc. In Wisconsin, if the lake is man-made...

Dark store appeals successfully reduce property tax liability. If property is assessed at market value, this is reasonable. Some cities...

Published by the Bagwell Center for the Study of Markets and Economic Opportunity at Kennesaw State University Coles College of Business....

Someone's house was sold out from under him using a forged quitclaim deed. This could have been prevented by some very simple rules. ...

A city wanted to let its residents sue polluters in Lake Erie's behalf, but the Ohio state legislature put a stop to that. This why the...

One city imposed strict limits on construction, infringing property rights, driving up property prices, and contributing to homelessness....

Patent law and copyright law differ rather sharply, but a lawsuit may bring them closer together. Read more at The Sunwater Institute.

An Ebola vaccine was in the works well before the recent outbreak, but it was shelved because there was a lack of a market. A few simple...

Published by the Bagwell Center for the Study of Markets and Economic Opportunity at Kennesaw State University Coles College of Business....