Tag: theory of state

• May 11, 2026

  Miguel Anxo Bastos — Environmental Problems, Property Rights, and State Intervention

  Environmental problems usually derive from a poor definition of property rights. Normally, when environmental policy is justified, concepts such as “externalities” are invoked. Or else people appeal to a very generic concept such as “the environment,” without defining very clearly what “the environment” actually consists of. Because, frankly, I do not know what this thing…

• May 10, 2026

  Miguel Anxo Bastos — Lecture on the Theory of the State

  transcribed and translated from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_DnIdhdrmQ When we speak about the state, we see buildings, prisons, barracks, courthouses, schools, ministries, and so on. Someone might ask: “What is all this?” Well, these are the representatives of the state on earth. But let me explain: I am a believer, and I do not know any believer who…