All Posts Tagged With: "prisoners of war"
The “Stable Bulwark of Our Liberties”
The U.S. Supreme Court in June struck a blow for the separation of powers and dealt the Bush administration a big setback by ruling that suspects held without charge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have the right to contest their imprisonment under the doctrine of habeas corpus. Simply put, the Court held that the government may [...]
1Sep2008 | Sheldon Richman | 5 comments | ContinuedPrivate Property and Opportunity Costs
In three previous columns I discussed opportunity cost and the importance of this concept to understanding economics. We have considered the advantage the market has over government at incorporating opportunity costs into the calculus of decision-makers. Markets promote the general interest by revealing costs while governments commonly favor special interest by concealing those costs. In [...]
1Jun1999 | Dwight R. Lee | 0 comments | Continued-
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