Mises Daily
Author:
Douglas French
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[Introduction to Walk Away: The Rise and Fall of the Home-Ownership Myth ] The idea that “a man’s house is his castle” is attributed to American Revolutionary James Otis from 1761, and his idea was that government should never be permitted to breach its walls. It is a good thought, in context, one that sums up a dogged attachment to the right of