John Locke

Locke on IP; Mises, Rothbard, and Rand on Creation, Production, and “Rearranging”

Stephan Kinsella - 2010-09-29 - Original post - Cached copy

I’ve noted before a central error of arguments for intellectual property (IP) is the idea that creation is an independent source of rights (see Libertarian Creationism; Rand on IP, Owning “Values”, and “Rearrangement Rights”; Locke, Smith, Marx and the Labor Theory of Value; this comment to “Trademark and Fraud”; Elaborations on Randian IP; Objectivists on […]

Locke, Smith, Marx; the Labor Theory of Property and the Labor Theory of Value; and Rothbard, Gordon, and Intellectual Property

Stephan Kinsella - 2010-06-23 - Original post - Cached copy

I am trying to research connections between Locke, Smith, and Marx regarding labor. If I recall, Rothbard and others have written about Smith’s views on labor influencing Marx. I’d appreciate any suggestions or discussion as to good references on this issue. In addition to the Smith-Marx connection, It is also my view that Locke’s idea […]

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