Economy; December 24, 2020; John Locke and America’s Cult of Private Property John Locke and America’s Cult of Private Property Californians both voted to protect their private property rights ...

John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government (1689) contains a defense of private property that makes use of the idea of labor-mixing. In §27, Locke writes: ‘[…] for this labour being the ...

Private property is one of the cornerstones of capitalism, allowing for the free and voluntary exchange of goods and services. John Locke's homesteading theory states that ownership incentives ...

As courses in Western civilization were rolled out across American universities after World War II, Locke, private property and individual rights became central. Before the 1930s, histories of ...

This is the case with the legacy of 17th century philosopher John Locke ... In advancing his theory that it was the mixing of one’s labor with land that created private property, Locke saw ...

Ideas about property and freedom from John Locke worked their way into America’s founding documents and influence the nation to this day.

Born free and equal in a continent largely devoid of feudal aristocracies or clerical oppression, they had in an intuitive and inarticulate way absorbed the classical liberal precepts associated with ...

Private property is one of the cornerstones of capitalism, allowing for the free and voluntary exchange of goods and services. John Locke's homesteading theory states that ownership incentives ...