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Formulations Winter 1997 98 a Publication of the Free Nation Foundation Vol formulations Winter 1997 98 A Publication of the Free Nation Foundation Vol. V, No. 2 Forum Report Notes on Foreign Relations Concerns Fifteen people gathered on Saturday, 18 October 1997, for the ninth semi­ in a Hypothetical annual Forum of the Free Nation Foun­ Entrepreneurial dation. The topic was "International (Landlease) Community Relations." Six speakers presented pa­ pers, during this 9AM-5PM event which met at Oliver's Restaurant in Hillsbor­ by Michael van Notten Upcoming Topics ough, N.C. and Spencer H. Maccallum Five of the six papers presented at by Richard Hammer the Forum were printed in the previous, A mixed use, multiple tenant income Autumn 1997, issue of Formulations. Property Rights -April 1998 property operated as a long-term, man­ These papers were by: Gordon Diem, In our next Forum we will address aged investment is not the picture many Roderick Long, Richard Hammer, Roy the topic of "Property Rights in a Free libertarians have of a libertarian nation or Halliday, and Phil Jacobson. The sixth Nation." We seek to learn the origin and community. Yet it is a community, and so paper, by Michael van Notten and nature of property rights, and how those far as it is not subject to control by a Spencer Maccallum, was presented by rights will be enforced. The Forum will political state, and assuming businesslike Spencer MacCallum, and is printed in meet on a Saturday, not yet scheduled, in management and well-drawn leases that this issue, beginning in the column to the April. protect the interests of all parties, it has right. We solicit papers on this subject for many or all of the characteristics that On Friday evening beforethe Forum, the next issue of Formulations, which libertarians advocate for a free society. we held a social gathering at the home of has a writers' deadline of I February Familiar examples of such· en­ Rich Hammer. Roderick Long and I 998. We will invite some or all of the trepreneurial communities, or "entre­ Bobby Emory told of their recent excur­ writers of these papers to present their coms"-also called proprietary commu­ sion to the ISIL conferencein Rome (see papers at the Forum. Roy Halliday has nities-include shopping malls, hotels, the story on page 3). This gathering had already submitted a paper on this sub­ rental apartment communities, medical been announced in an invitation mailed ject, which you can find in this issue, and research centers, and mixed-use real to all local names on the mailing list, as starting on page 11. estate complexes for which Rockefeller well as to all FNF Members and Friends. With thistopic, as usual, we strive to Center was an early prototype. None are On Saturday evening after the Forum build the vision of institutions in a free many returned to Rich's house (which it (Continued on page 6) nation. We assume, for the sake of our turns out is also the headquarters of discussions, that our free nation will be created by libertarians. Thus, we have FNF), graciously attempting to finish off the snacks and drinks left over from the no need for arguments intended to con­ previous night. Inside vert statists to libertarianism. We only Thanks to Bobby Emory, the pictures need to clarifyour own vision. I.S.I.L. Conference in Rome in this issue were all ( except for the by Bobby Emory ..................... 3 (Concluded on page 10) picture on page 3) taken at the Forum.6. Dialog: Why Write about a Free Nation? Halliday and Hammer ........... .4 Property and United Action by Jack Coxe ......................... 9 A Theory of Property Rights by Roy Halliday .................... 11 Engineer's View of Morality by Richard Hammer ............ 24 The Free Nation Foundation, [outdated street address], HillsboroughNC 27278 formulations a publication of the Free Nation Foundation [outdated street address] Hillsborough NC 27278 http:/lwww.freenation.org/fnf Statement.of Purpose Board of Directors The purpose of the Free Nation Foundation is to ad­ Richard 0. Hammer, President vance the day when coercive institutions of government can Roderick T. 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The web site http://freenation.org maintained by Marc Joffe carries Free Nation Foundation documents, along with numerous other new country documents and pointers. page2 Formulations Vol V, No. 2, Winter 1997-98 report International Conference in Rome by Bobby Emory The 1997 conference of the Interna­ tional Society for Individual Liberty (ISIL) was held in Rome, from 28 September to 3 October. Two Direc­ tors of FNF, Roderick Lon~ and I, at­ tended. And I took along my friend Suzanne. The conference program lasted four days and there was a post­ conference sightseeing trip. A good time was had by all. For the libertarian movement the most important event was a speech by a Randian suggesting that libertarians and Randians could get along. In his talk titled "Building bridges between libertar­ ians and Objectivists," Bob Bidinotto, of the Institute for Objectivist Studies (http://ilhawaii.net/- ios/), suggested we make common cause in those areas where we already agree. I feel this might be an important turning point for the movement. Recently I found a paper that Vince Miller (chair of !SIL) wrote in 1986 discussing the schism, so it is very Suzanne Sullivan and Bobby Emory at !SIL banquet outside Rome fitting that he have a hand in bringing us back together. The speaker that was the biggest The sightseeing (Naples, the Amalfi For FNF the most important speech name outside libertarian circles was the coast, Capri, Pompeii) trip was fun, but was given by Rigoberto Stewart ("The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs (for not much libertarian content. REAL Limon project"). He is from Italy) Antonio Martino ("Euro: an In­ All and all, we had an enjoyable Costa Rica and has a plan to turn his sider's View"). His daughter was one of week. So much so that Suzanne agreed province (Limon) into a free region. He the conference organizers. His speech to go to the next conference. If you have is the director of a think tank and will be was very libertarian. In a discussion with considered going to one of these confer­ using his institute to educate the people other attendees, someone suggested that ences, I would highly recommend it. The of his province. Once he has a signifi­ he had tailored his message to the audi­ next one is in Berlin in August 1998 . .6. cant number of people agreeing that the ence. Another attendee assured us that province should be free, he will go to the he was well-known for being libertarian. central Government and ask for their Roderick Long's speech ("Building a ISIL may be contacted at: 836-B Southampton Rd., #299 agreement.
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