2004 LD Topic #1

Related Theories:

· Egalitarianism

· Communism

· Capitalism

· Socialism

· Objectivism

· Utilitarianism

· Distributive Justice

· Liberalism

Conflict Scenarios:

1. Social Spending (Welfare, Social Security, Medicare, ect)

2. Intellectual Property Rights (Drug Discoveries)

3. Governmental Seizure / Redistribution

Asset Forfeiture for alleged crimes
Zoning Regulations
Environmental / Wetlands Regulations
"Historic" property confiscations
Eminent Domain takings ("Urban Renewals", etc.)
Conversion of land to National Parks and National Forests
Anti-Trust Regulation

4. Taxation (Property taxes, Estate Tax, ect)

5. Constitutionality (5^th Amendment, 16^th Amendment, Article 1- Section 8)

6. Supreme Court Rulings (Munn v. Illinois)

7. International Privatization (Zimbabwe, China, Eastern Europe)

8. Rich Poor Gap (Equality of Opportunity)

Good Links:

Redistribution of Wealth - Good

Inequalities in life and death: What if Britain were more equal? by Richard Mitchell, Mary Shaw and Danny Dorling, is published for the Foundation by The Policy Press.
Vision Statement: Redistribution of Wealth. The Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative.
The Center for the Advancement of Capitalism an organization dedicated to advancing individual rights and economic freedom throughout America.
The Right to Private Property. Tibor R. Machan. Hoover Institute. Stanford University.
Critiques Of Libertarianism. Mike Huben editor. (Multiple Links Antilibertarian)
Egalitarianism. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Utilitarianism. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
New liberalism. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Redistribution of Wealth - Bad

The Century of Bread and Circus. Leonid A. Levin . 1997.
Federal Triangle: Wasteful Transfers. Barry Ashby. Industrial Heating. Dec. 6, 2001.
Why Do Intellectuals Oppose Capitalism? Robert Nozick. Cato Policy Report. 1998.
Time to Repeal Federal Death Taxes: The Nightmare of the American Dream. William W. Beach. The Heritage Foundation. April 4, 2001.
Protecting Ecologically Valuable Wetlands Without Destroying Property Rights. William G. Laffer III. The Heritage Foundation. July 15, 1991.

Property Rights - Good

The Vanishing Right to Property: Two Questions for Justice Stevens. John C. Eastman. May 22, 2002. The Claremont Institute - Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence.
The Great National Land Grab. Peyton Knight. American Policy Center. June 9, 2003.
National Heritage Areas Opposed at Senate Hearing: Loss of Property Rights, Local Economies Would Suffer. American Policy Center. March 13, 2003.
The 2002 Index of Economic Freedom. Gerald P. ODriscoll, Jr., Kim R. Holmes & Mary Anastasia O'Grady. The Heritage Foundation and Dow Jones & Company, Inc. 2002. (Click Here - http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/2002/#Contents )
Networks and the Evolution of Property Rights in the Global, Knowledge Based Economy. Dr. Lind Garcia. Spetember 2000.
Of Property. John Locke. (Chapter 5 of Second Treatise of Government)
Against Distributive Justice. Robert Nozick. 1996. (Overview)
Testimony of Steven Eagle Professor, George Mason School of Law. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution Subcommittee Hearing on "State Approaches to Protecting Private Property Rights". September 23, 1997.
Libertarianism. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
CARA's Conservation Goals Just Government Land Grab? Delta Farm Press, Mar 29, 2002.
Capitalism. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Property. James Madison. CHAPTER 16, Document 23, Mar. 29, 1792.
Objectivist philosophy. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
In Defense of Corporate America. A supplemental issue of Impact, Newsletter of the Ayn Rand Institute, September 2002.
Property Rights: The Foundation of Freedom the Feudal Nature of Federal Regulations. Environmental Perspectives, Inc. 1997.
Property And Liberty: You Can't Give Up One Without Losing The Other. Leon Felkins, The Progressive Report. January 2, 1999
A Dissenting View: Patently Absurd. Robert M. Goldberg. The Heartland Institute. Dec. 12, 2002.
Bush Acts to Limit Rx Patent Protections. Conrad F. Meier. The Heartland Institute. Dec. 1, 2002.
An Inquiry Into The Nature And Causes Of The Wealth Of Nations. Adam Smith. 1776.
The State, Property Rights, and the Question of Prosperity in Communist Vietnam. Thuan V. Truong, Vietnamese Professionals of America, (this paper was presented at the Democracy Forum for Vietnam, Washington, DC on June 10, 2001).
"Property Rights and Regulatory Takings" Chapter 15 of the Cato Handbook for Congress, 108 Congress.
"Property Rights and Rough Porportionality" by Timothy Lynch, Regulation Magazine. The Cato Institute, Summer 1994.
This Land is Our Land. Representative Richard W. Pombo. The Heritage Foundation. October 11, 1997.
Chile: Ten Steps for Abandoning Aid Dependency for Prosperity. Ana I. Eiras. Backgrounder #1654. The Heritage Foundation. May 20, 2003.
Make the Rule of Law a Necessary Condition for the Millennium Challenge Account. Ana I. Eiras. Backgrounder #1634. The Heritage Foundation. March 7, 2003. (Click Here -

http://www.heritage.org/Research/TradeandForeignAid/BG1634.cfm#pgfId-1018577 )

Property Rights - Bad

President Acts to Speed Approval for Generic Drugs. Office of the Press Secretary. June 12, 2003.
Senate Votes To Allow Importing Of Prescription Drugs From Canada. Robert Pear. New York Times. June 21, 2003.
The Case for Public Patents. Dennis J. Kucinich. The Nation. June 19, 2003.

Background Knowledge - Topic

Manifesto of the Communist Party. Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. 1848.
The Constitution: An Economic Document. Foundation for Teaching Economics. 1999.
A Quick Comparison Of Capitalism, Socialism And CESJ's "Third Way". Center for Economic and Social Justice. April 2000.
Enforceable Rights: A Libertarian Theory of Justice. Roy Halliday. (click here -

http://royhalliday.home.mindspring.com/MYBOOK.HTM#BOOK )
Two Conceptions of Justice. Loretta Torrago, professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Iowa State University.
Property Rights Assignment: Conflict and the Implementability of Rules. Kurt Annen. Washington University, Department of Economics.
Intellectual Property Rights Protection: An Overview. U.S. Department of State Fact Sheet.
The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age. National Academy Press. Washington, D.C. 2000.
Reforming Property Forfeiture Laws to Protect Citizens Rights. Donald J. Kochan. Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Wednesday, July 01, 1998.
The Moral And Economic Basis Of Government: When Does Big Government Become Too Big? David Veksler. November 27, 2001.
Resurrecting the Estate Tax. William G. Gale and Joel Slemrod. The Brookings Institute. June 2000.
Can Antitrust Keep Up? Competition Policy in High-Tech Markets. Jonathan B. Baker. The Brookings Review. Winter 2001.
Public Goods and Property Rights: Of Coase, Tie bout, and Just Compensation. William A. Fischel Professor of Economics Dartmouth College.
The Birth of the Property Rights Movement. Steven J. Eagle. Policy Analysis. The Cato Institute. June 26, 2001
Pirates and Posses: The Battle over Digital Copyright. James L. Gattuso, Bruce Mehlman, Alec French, Gary Shapiro, The Heritage Foundation. April 16, 2003.


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