Land-use and Transportation Policy Analyst Marc Scribner explains why allowing the government to seize land from its owners and give it to developers is a bad idea. Voters in Mississippi agree; on Tuesday they overwhelmingly passed a ballot initiative that would…

 

 November 10, 2011: Eminent Domain Abuse [6:29m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (372)

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Land Use and Transportation Policy Analyst Marc Scribner takes a close look at an eminent domain reform bill just passed by the Texas State Senate. As written, the bill would do little to actually solve the problem of government seizing private property…

 

 February 10, 2011: How Not to Stop Eminent Domain Abuse [5:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (537)

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Land-use and Transportation Policy Analyst Marc Scribner talks about his new CEI Issue Analysis, “The Limitations of Public-Private Partnerships.” Marc argues that PPPs are an improvement over the status quo in surface transportation because they introduce at least an element of…

 

 January 12, 2011: Public-Private Partnerships [5:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (909)

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Richard Morrison, Jeremy Lott and Dave Weigel come together bring you episode 84. We cover Washington state’s death wish, new polling on the politics of healthcare, private investment in space exploration, eminent domain abuse in Detroit and the effects of cocaine use on global warming.

 
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