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This archive contains published site articles attributed to Daniel Sardá. The separate Thinkers section contains historical intellectual profiles, not publication contributors.
Fundamentals
Ownership creates a sphere of decision-making, but it does not make an owner responsible for everything: control, conduct, harm, and attribution rules all matter.
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Urban property combines ownership of real estate with the rules governing its use, development, and relationship to the city.
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Liquidity preference explains why people and businesses hold money balances even when other assets may offer a return.
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Liberal citizenship is more than holding a passport or casting a ballot: it combines equal status, protected rights, and the means to participate and hold power accountable.
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Inflation in Venezuela has no single cause. Understanding it requires tracing the links among fiscal financing, depreciation, expectations, supply, and the loss of confidence in the currency.
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Central banking supports part of the monetary infrastructure that enables millions of exchanges, but it does not create the goals, agreements, or knowledge of those who cooperate.
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Municipalism seeks to give municipalities real decision-making power, but proximity alone does not guarantee good government, efficiency, or freedom.
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Individual dignity recognizes the inherent and equal worth of every person. It does not depend on usefulness, reputation, or conduct, and it guides both everyday respect and the limits that should be placed on power.
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Land tenure organizes who may access, use, control, or transfer rights over a parcel of land. It does not always mean full ownership or a registered title.
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A guide to what a price change reveals—and what it does not—why relative prices matter, and how they help coordinate decisions.
Fundamentals
Market coordination is the process through which people and businesses revise independent plans through prices, exchange, and competition.
Fundamentals
Learn what accountability is, its core elements, and why transparency or a financial report alone cannot effectively check power.
Analysis
A critique of institutionalized medicine and coercive psychiatry centered on autonomy, paternalism, consent, and limits on power over the patient.
Fundamentals
The people can be the ultimate source of authority without giving a majority or a government absolute power. The key is to distinguish sovereignty itself from its exercise.
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Judicial review allows courts to determine whether public power has been exercised according to law, but its scope, institutions, and effects vary across legal systems.
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Classical liberalism is about more than free markets: it seeks to protect liberty through rights, general laws, limits on power, and voluntary cooperation.
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A president can have enough power to govern without being above the law. The key lies in enforceable, time-bound, and effective limits.
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Political rights enable citizens to take part in public affairs, vote and stand for election, and access public service on equal terms. Making them effective requires far more than holding elections.
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A right of use allows someone to use another person's property without acquiring ownership. Its scope depends on the instrument creating it and the applicable law.
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Free-market capitalism combines private property, voluntary exchange, and coordination through prices. It depends on general rules, open competition, and limits on both political power and business privilege.
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Tolerance protects the right to choose and disagree; taking responsibility for the effects of our decisions keeps that freedom from becoming indifference.
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Subsidiarity protects the capacity of individuals, associations, and governments close to a problem, while also requiring support when they cannot address it adequately.
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Inherent rights do not depend on flawless conduct. But recognizing equal liberty for all requires respecting others' rightful sphere and answering for certain harms and commitments.
Fundamentals
Bank credit lets borrowers use funds today in exchange for repaying them later. This guide explains how it works, its costs, types, and risks.