I recently watched a fun documentary on Netflix, Basketball or Nothing. The camera follows the Chinle High School basketball team as they attempt to win the Arizona State Championship. Chinle is a town smack-dab in the middle of Navajo Nation, the largest reservation in the United States. I started watching it because I wanted to … Continue reading Basketball or Nothing or Property Rights
Get Your Hands Off My Things! A Tribute to Harold Demsetz
Image Source: The Institute for New Economic Thinking The economics community is mourning the death of another great economist. Dr. Harold Demsetz passed away January 4th at the ripe age of 88. He spent his life working on studying property rights: where they come from, how they are established, and how they affect the world … Continue reading Get Your Hands Off My Things! A Tribute to Harold Demsetz