David M. Gold

Daivd M. Gold has a JD and Ph.D. in history from Ohio State University. He is currently an attorney with the Ohio Legislative Service Commission.

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Eminent Domain and Economic Development: The Mill Acts and the Origins of Laissez-Faire Constitutionalism

07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies David M. Gold

In Kelo v. City of New London (2005), the United States Supreme Court upheld the use of the eminent domain power to take property from homeowners for the purpose of economic development. Under the...

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