Brian Phillips, Author at Texas Institute for Property Rights

The Principles of Property Rights

What is property? What are rights? What does the right to property mean? The answers to these questions are crucial.

For decades, we have witnessed the steady erosion of property rights across the United States. Zoning, eminent domain, business and

Advocates of historic preservation talk about preserving our heritage. They claim that the way to do this is to protect

The FCC’s decision to repeal net neutrality is a victory for property rights. Send your questions about property rights to

Individuals who wish to protect property rights should understand the meaning and nature of those rights. And they should express

Large tracts of land can be assembled without resorting to the use of eminent domain. Disney World offers an example.

People often make decisions that we find objectionable or foolish. They might invest their money in a manner we believe

For decades, the Left has asserted that we have a right to a variety of values, from a “living wage”