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Acton Line podcast: How property rights save the planet

November 20, 2019 • by Caroline Roberts

Acton Line podcast: How property rights save the planet

Panic surrounding climate change and the environment is on the rise and doomsday predictions abound. Most headlines about the environment only tell one story: that the environment is on the decline and that this decline is a result of economic development. Continue Reading...

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Rev. Robert Sirico discusses Kanye West on Fox News (video)

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