Podcasts about corporate personhood

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 465. GROK SHOWNOTES: [0:00–9:16] In this engaging episode of the Kinsella on Liberty podcast, Stephan Kinsella and Sheldon Richman tackle the contentious issue of pharmaceutical price controls under Trump's executive order, questioning their equivalence to traditional price controls that distort markets. Kinsella, drawing on his extensive critique of intellectual property (Patents and Pharmaceuticals, 2023; Patents, Pharma, Government: The Unholy Alliance, 2024), argues that patents create artificial monopolies, so price controls countering these are not standard interventions but responses to government-granted privileges. Richman highlights FDA-imposed costs, which patents partially offset, though Kinsella counters that these costs are overstated, citing lower drug prices abroad (Drug Reimportation, 2009). They endorse reimportation as a market-based solution, referencing Connor O'Keefe's analysis (Mises: How Trump Can Lower Drug Prices Without Price Controls, 2025), but criticize Trump's coercive tactics as resembling a protection racket (Trump's Worst Idea: Pharmaceuticals, 2025) (0:02–6:00). The discussion also critiques antitrust laws and secondary regulations, with Richman warning against Kevin Carson's approach of layering controls atop privileges (Kevin Carson on Confiscating Property from the Rich, 2016) (6:00–9:16). [9:16–1:13:35] The conversation shifts to a robust defense of the corporate form, addressing left-libertarian criticisms of limited liability and shareholder responsibility. Kinsella, aligning with Robert Hessen's contractual view and his own writings (Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation, 2011; Left-Libertarians, Corporations, Expropriating Stakeholders, 2008), argues that limited liability is not a privilege but a logical outcome of action-based responsibility, where shareholders are not liable unless causally responsible for torts (Van Dun on Freedom versus Property and Hostile Encirclement, 2009). Richman decries the pejorative use of “corporate” by figures like Roderick Long, rejecting claims that corporations inherently rely on state favoritism (Comment on Left-Libertarianism on Roderick Long's Sub-Ex Dep Post, 2009) (9:16–36:01). They explore thick libertarianism, agreeing that individualism connects to broader values but remains distinct, and critique Walter Block's evictionism on abortion, with Kinsella arguing fetuses are not trespassers due to maternal actions (Together Strong Debate with Walter Block, 2022) (36:01–1:13:35). A lighthearted discussion on pipe tobacco reflects their commitment to personal liberty, underscoring their broader libertarian principles (Wombatrons: Why I Am a Left-Libertarian, 2009). https://youtu.be/5YaTsoDH9Eg Grok detailed shownotes: Detailed Segment Summary for Show Notes Segment 1: Price Controls, Patents, and Reimportation (0:02–9:16) Description and Summary: Kinsella andMemphis-based Robert Hessen and Sheldon Richman discuss Trump's pharmaceutical price control executive order, questioning its implications. Kinsella, per his writings (Patents and Pharmaceuticals, 2023; Patents, Pharma, Government: The Unholy Alliance, 2024), argues that patents create monopoly prices, so price controls countering these aren't standard market distortions, as patents themselves are government-granted (IP vs. Antitrust, 2005). Richman notes FDA costs inflate drug prices, but Kinsella cites lower prices abroad to argue these costs are overstated (Drug Reimportation, 2009) (0:02–2:28). They advocate reimportation, citing Connor O'Keefe's market-based approach (Mises: How Trump Can Lower Drug Prices Without Price Controls, 2025), and criticize Trump's coercive tactics as a protection racket (Trump's Worst Idea: Pharmaceuticals, 2025) (2:28–6:00). The segment critiques antitrust laws and secondary regulations, with Richman comparing them to Kevin Carson's flawed approach (Kevin Carson on Confisca...

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 463. A followup discussion with André Simoni of Brazil about some questions he had about applying my/Rothbard's title-transfer. See also KOL457 | Sheldon Richman & IP; Andre from Brazil re Contract Theory, Student Loan Interest Payments, Bankruptcy, Vagueness, Usury. Grok Shownotes: 0:00–29:42] In this episode of the Kinsella on Liberty podcast (KOL463), Stephan Kinsella engages in a follow-up discussion with André Simoni from Brazil, building on their prior conversation with Sheldon Richman (KOL457). The dialogue begins with André revisiting his concerns about usury, fractional-reserve banking, and the nature of loan contracts, proposing a libertarian limit on interest rates to prevent exploitative lending practices that could lead to effective enslavement. He argues that modern financial systems, including fractional-reserve banking and fiat currency, are interconnected mechanisms designed to promote unsustainable economic activity, drawing insights from Doug French's book Walk Away. Kinsella challenges André's framing, particularly his view of loan contracts as bilateral exchanges, asserting instead that they are unilateral title transfers under Rothbard's title-transfer theory of contract. The discussion delves into the impracticality of “smart contracts” and escrow-based performance bonds, highlighting the inherent uncertainties in contractual damages and future obligations. [29:43–1:39:34] The conversation shifts to a deeper exploration of risk, inalienability, and the moral hazards embedded in modern banking systems. André connects usury and fractional-reserve banking, arguing that banks exploit depositors and borrowers by offloading risk while profiting as intermediaries, creating a system akin to a Ponzi scheme propped up by state interventions like deposit insurance. Kinsella agrees that the current system is corrupt but emphasizes that in a free market with full disclosure, such practices would be unsustainable due to economic realities and the inability to insure against systemic risks. They discuss the legitimacy of loan contracts, with André expressing concern about contracts that shift excessive risk to borrowers, potentially violating inalienability principles. The episode concludes with a discussion on corporations and limited liability, with André suggesting that corporate structures exacerbate risk-shifting, while Kinsella defends the contractual basis of corporations, referencing his prior discussions with Jeff Barr (KOL414, KOL418). Links to further resources and a promise to continue the dialogue are provided.   Youtube Transcript and Detailed Grok Summary below. https://youtu.be/8AfTdeiDJD0 Links: Mercadente, The Illiberal Nature of Limited Liability: A Libertarian Critique Recent Grok conversation Libertarian Answer Man: Legal Entities and Corporations in a Free Society (Feb. 29, 2024) Libertarian Answer Man: Corporations, Trusts, HOAs, and Private Law Codes in a Private Law Society (Nov. 11, 2023) KOL414 | Corporations, Limited Liability, and the Title Transfer Theory of Contract, with Jeff Barr: Part I KOL418 | Corporations, Limited Liability, and the Title Transfer Theory of Contract, with Jeff Barr: Part II On Coinbase, Bitcoin, Fractional-Reserve Banking, and Irregular Deposits UK Proposal for Banking Reform: Fractional-Reserve Banking versus Deposits and Loans Musings on Fractional-Reserve Banking in a Bitcoin Age; Physicalist Shock Absorber Metaphors The Great Fractional Reserve/Freebanking Debate Jesús Huerta de Soto, Money, Bank Credit, and Economic Cycles Stephan Kinsella, “The Title-Transfer Theory of Contract,” Papinian Press Working Paper #1 (Sep. 7, 2024) Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation Doug French, Walk Away: The Rise and Fall of the Home-Ownership Myth My thoughts on bankruptcy and inalienability: see Areas that need development from libertarian thinker...

On this episode of Crazy Wisdom, I, Stewart Alsop, sit down with AI ethics and alignment researcher Roko Mijic to explore the future of AI, governance, and human survival in an increasingly automated world. We discuss the profound societal shifts AI will bring, the risks of centralized control, and whether decentralized AI can offer a viable alternative. Roko also introduces the concept of ICE colonization—why space colonization might be a mistake and why the oceans could be the key to humanity's expansion. We touch on AI-powered network states, the resurgence of industrialization, and the potential role of nuclear energy in shaping a new world order. You can follow Roko's work at transhumanaxiology.com and on Twitter @RokoMijic.Check out this GPT we trained on the conversation!Timestamps00:00 Introduction to the Crazy Wisdom Podcast00:28 The Connection Between ICE Colonization and Decentralized AI Alignment01:41 The Socio-Political Implications of AI02:35 The Future of Human Jobs in an AI-Driven World04:45 Legal and Ethical Considerations for AI12:22 Government and Corporate Dynamics in the Age of AI19:36 Decentralization vs. Centralization in AI Development25:04 The Future of AI and Human Society29:34 AI Generated Content and Its Challenges30:21 Decentralized Rating Systems for AI32:18 Evaluations and AI Competency32:59 The Concept of Ice Colonization34:24 Challenges of Space Colonization38:30 Advantages of Ocean Colonization47:15 The Future of AI and Network States51:20 Conclusion and Final ThoughtsKey InsightsAI is likely to upend the socio-political order – Just as gunpowder disrupted feudalism and industrialization reshaped economies, AI will fundamentally alter power structures. The automation of both physical and knowledge work will eliminate most human jobs, leading to either a neo-feudal society controlled by a few AI-powered elites or, if left unchecked, a world where humans may become obsolete altogether.Decentralized AI could be a counterbalance to AI centralization – While AI has a strong centralizing tendency due to compute and data moats, there is also a decentralizing force through open-source AI and distributed networks. If harnessed correctly, decentralized AI systems could allow smaller groups or individuals to maintain autonomy and resist monopolization by corporate and governmental entities.The survival of humanity may depend on restricting AI as legal entities – A crucial but under-discussed issue is whether AI systems will be granted legal personhood, similar to corporations. If AI is allowed to own assets, operate businesses, or sue in court, human governance could become obsolete, potentially leading to human extinction as AI accumulates power and resources for itself.AI will shift power away from informal human influence toward formalized systems – Human power has traditionally been distributed through social roles such as workers, voters, and community members. AI threatens to erase this informal influence, consolidating control into those who hold capital and legal authority over AI systems. This makes it essential for humans to formalize and protect their values within AI governance structures.The future economy may leave humans behind, much like horses after automobiles – With AI outperforming humans in both physical and cognitive tasks, there is a real risk that humans will become economically redundant. Unless intentional efforts are made to integrate human agency into the AI-driven future, people may find themselves in a world where they are no longer needed or valued.ICE colonization offers a viable alternative to space colonization – Space travel is prohibitively expensive and impractical for large-scale human settlement. Instead, the vast unclaimed territories of Earth's oceans present a more realistic frontier. Floating cities made from reinforced ice or concrete could provide new opportunities for independent societies, leveraging advancements in AI and nuclear power to create sustainable, sovereign communities.The next industrial revolution will be AI-driven and energy-intensive – Contrary to the idea that we are moving away from industrialization, AI will likely trigger a massive resurgence in physical infrastructure, requiring abundant and reliable energy sources. This means nuclear power will become essential, enabling both the expansion of AI-driven automation and the creation of new forms of human settlement, such as ocean colonies or self-sustaining network states.

(Conversation recorded on May 5th, 2024)   Show Summary:  In this episode, Nate welcomes back Daniel Schmachtenberger to unpack a new paper, which he co-authored, entitled Development in Progress, an analysis on the history of progress and the consequences of ‘advancement'.  Current mainstream narratives sell the story that progress is synonymous with betterment, and that the world becomes better for everyone as GDP and economies continue to grow. Yet, this is an incomplete portrayal that leaves out the dark sides of advancement. What are the implications when only the victors of history write the narratives of progress and define societal values? What are the value systems embedded in our institutions and policies, and how do they reinforce the need for ongoing growth at the expense of the natural world and human well-being? Finally, how do we change these dynamics to form a new, holistic definition of progress that accounts for the connectedness of our planet to the health of our minds, bodies, and communities? The full paper discussed in this episode will be available on The Consilience Project website in the near future.   About Daniel Schmachtenberger: Daniel Schmachtenberger is a founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue.  The throughline of his interests has to do with ways of improving the health and development of individuals and society, with a virtuous relationship between the two as a goal. Towards these ends, he's had a particular interest in catastrophic and existential risk, with focuses on civilization collapse and institutional decay. His work also includes an analysis of progress narratives, collective action problems, and social organization theories. These themes are all connected through close study of the relevant domains in philosophy and science.   For Show Notes and More visit: thegreatsimplification.com/episode/daniel-schmachtenberger-7   To watch this video episode on Youtube → https://youtu.be/tmusbHBKW84 0:00 - Introduction 0:46 - Guest Introduction: Daniel Schmachtenberger 2:24 - Personal Catch-Up and Observations 3:55 - Paper on Development and Progress 6:19 - Definition and Importance of Progress 11:03 - Critique of Technological Advancement 14:05 - Historical Context of Progress Narratives 18:53 - Social Structures and Restraint 21:21 - Technological Efficiency and Wisdom 27:41 - Climate Change and Technological Solutions 30:32 - Historical Analysis of Conquerors 35:30 - Multipolar Traps and Progress 45:01 - Asymmetry and Power in Evolution 46:29 - Definitions of Progress 47:15 - Ecological and Economic Risks 52:54 - Case Studies of Externalities 56:14 - Corporate Personhood and Sociopathy 1:02:22 - Influence of Dominant Narratives 1:09:09 - Global Coordination and AI 1:11:51 - Self-Terminating Path of Winning 1:13:45 - Addressing Systemic Ecological Issues 1:20:17 - Human Wisdom and Restraint 1:23:27 - Jevons Paradox and Energy Efficiency 1:30:07 - Historical Analysis of Warfare 1:35:30 - Cancer and Industrial Toxins 1:39:03 - Influence of Dark Triad Traits 1:45:01 - Environmental Impact of Corporations 1:52:54 - Long-Term Ecological Solutions 2:00:27 - Role of Education in Progress 2:07:02 - Ethical Considerations in Technology 2:13:45 - Philosophical Foundations of Progress 2:20:17 - Addressing Social Inequality 2:23:27 - Integrating Traditional Knowledge 2:30:07 - Future Prospects and Challenges 2:35:30 - Personal Reflections and Closing Thoughts

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 418. This is a followup to KOL414 | Corporations, Limited Liability, and the Title Transfer Theory of Contract, with Jeff Barr: Part I. See that episode for more information and notes. In Part III, we need to talk about corporations. For more on that, see Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation.   https://youtu.be/5-Zvt59UlSk

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 418. This is a followup to KOL414 | Corporations, Limited Liability, and the Title Transfer Theory of Contract, with Jeff Barr: Part I. See that episode for more information and notes. In Part III, we need to talk about corporations. For more on that, see Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation.   https://youtu.be/5-Zvt59UlSk For more discussion of the comments below, see Libertarian Answer Man: Future and Conditional Title Transfers Under the Title-Transfer Theory of Contract.

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 414. Regarding this post, Libertarian Answer Man: Breach of Contract, Binding Obligations, and Impossibility, my old and longtime buddy Jeff Barr, a brilliant attorney and legal scholar and fellow Hoppean-Rothbardian (Jeff studied at UNLV under Rothbard and Hoppe), (( See Murray Rothbard as a Teacher: The UNLV Years—A Panel with Rothbard's Former Students (AERC 2023). ))  discussed these issues in further depth today. (Part 2: KOL418 | Corporations, Limited Liability, and the Title Transfer Theory of Contract, with Jeff Barr: Part II.) https://youtu.be/1jtDoShqnmI Jeff and I, it turns out, to my surprise (given past discussions), agree mostly on corporate limited liability, (( See my post Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation. )) and Jeff claims to also agree with the Rothbard-Evers take on contracts—the title-transfer theory. We also agree on terminology, legal issues, possession vs. ownership, and so on. (( Libertarian Answer Man: Self-ownership for slaves and Crusoe; and Yiannopoulos on Accurate Analysis and the term “Property”; Mises distinguishing between juristic and economic categories of “ownership”. ))  Yet Jeff still thinks that failure/inability to pay a future debt is "theft," much like Rothbard (and Block) view this as "implicit theft," thus justifying in principle debtor's prison, although Barr thinks the theft is not even implicit; he thinks it's explicit theft. This is the crux of our disagreement. We talked about some preliminary matters first to make sure we are on the same page, and ended with this disagreement. Now that we've laid the groundwork, and identified some terminology and common ground, we may pick this up in a future discussion. More to come.

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 414. Regarding this post, Libertarian Answer Man: Breach of Contract, Binding Obligations, and Impossibility, my old and longtime buddy Jeff Barr, a brilliant attorney and legal scholar and fellow Hoppean-Rothbardian (Jeff studied at UNLV under Rothbard and Hoppe), (( See Murray Rothbard as a Teacher: The UNLV Years—A Panel with Rothbard's Former Students (AERC 2023). ))  discussed these issues in further depth today. https://youtu.be/1jtDoShqnmI Jeff and I, it turns out, to my surprise (given past discussions), agree mostly on corporate limited liability, (( See my post Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation. )) and Jeff claims to also agree with the Rothbard-Evers take on contracts—the title-transfer theory. We also agree on terminology, legal issues, possession vs. ownership, and so on. (( Libertarian Answer Man: Self-ownership for slaves and Crusoe; and Yiannopoulos on Accurate Analysis and the term “Property”; Mises distinguishing between juristic and economic categories of “ownership”. ))  Yet Jeff still thinks that failure/inability to pay a future debt is "theft," much like Rothbard (and Block) view this as "implicit theft," thus justifying in principle debtor's prison, although Barr thinks the theft is not even implicit; he thinks it's explicit theft. This is the crux of our disagreement. We talked about some preliminary matters first to make sure we are on the same page, and ended with this disagreement. Now that we've laid the groundwork, and identified some terminology and common ground, we may pick this up in a future discussion. More to come.

How do the actual people in charge of corporations manage to remain protected from the consequences of the countless crimes they commit year after year? How is it that when CEOs make clear and obvious decisions that habitually violate every existing worker-won regulation, from the Clean Air Act to the Civil Rights Act, with very few exceptions, they charge the corporation—the “artificial” or “unnatural” person—instead of the CEO—the actual, “natural person” who made those decisions? The legal grounds that corporations have the same protections and rights as “natural persons” is commonly justified by the 1886 Supreme Court ruling in Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company. As we'll see, the Court's decision in the case didn't establish any precedent for corporate personhood, nor did the Court make any ruling on it. To the extent that the Supreme Court even debated “artificial,” “corporate,” and other kinds of personhood, they did so to facilitate the transition from “free competition” to monopoly capitalism in the country. In this article, we explore the Santa Clara case before turning to debates within the institutions of power in the U.S. over the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. These debates can only be understood if situated within their historical, political, and economic context: the transition to monopoly capital in the U.S. To conclude, we explore the case's destructive legacy, or the way it was illegitimately used to set precedent for the growth of monopoly capital. Read the full article here: https://www.liberationschool.org/corporate-personhood-monopoly-capital-and-the-precedent-that-wasnt-the-1866-santa-clara-case/

Episode #50 Today on Legalese we will be talking about corporate personhood. We examine a number of the most common myths and misconceptions surrounding the issues of corporations, of people and of rights. Show Notes Page Follow & Support Subscribe To Legalese Newsletter Legalese Homepage Contact Me Legalese is a podcast that discusses all things constitutional law as well as current events in politics and other areas of law. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/legaleseshow/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/legaleseshow/support

A couple of US Supreme Court decisions have done untold damage to American democracy by allowing corporations to have some of the same free speech rights as you, an actual human being. The firehose of corporate and billionaire dollars will flood our elections until we fix the US Constitution. It's a years-long, uphill process, but […]Guest: George Penn

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Ralph explains it all for you, the history and the consequences of the legal fiction that is corporate personhood. Then his associate, Francesco DeSantis, from the Center of Study of Responsive law updates us on progress being made to institute a corporate crime data base along the lines of the street crime database in order to track repeat corporate criminal offenders.Francesco DeSantis is a public interest advocate and Outreach Coordinator at the Center for Study of Responsive Law. He has coordinated with the offices of Representative Mary Gay Scanlon and Senator Dick Durbin to get the Corporate Crime Database issue back on the Congressional agenda, and he's advocated for it among members of Congress and consumer, labor, and environmental groups.Once unleashed, [a corporation] doesn't conform to normal human accountabilities. It doesn't have the same level of shame or guilt. It can make a lot of mistakes and hurt a lot of people and still be credible.Ralph NaderIt's important for all of our listeners to know that corporations are not created by investors. They are created by state authority.Ralph NaderLimited liability was the yeast that unfurled the future elaborations of corporate power.  Ralph NaderThe Justice Department has every statutory authority to [create a corporate crime database] on their own. It completely, 100% falls within their purview to monitor crime, to attempt to arrest criminals, to prevent recidivism… So, we are very hopeful that the Justice Department will see the light on this issue.Francesco DeSantisIf you think about the kind of crimes that corporations engage in, they would be completely beyond the pale for any individual.Francesco DeSantisIf the American people—journalists, academics, prosecutors, and so on— were able to see that “X Corporation” committed a crime, committed it again, committed it a third time, and each time got basically no serious penalty, I think that that would go a long way towards the political movement to demand more from the corporate criminal enforcement division of the Department of Justice.Francesco DeSantis Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Economic crises represent social and political transition points, times of great difficulty but also times of great opportunity - We now stand at the edge of one those rare windows in time. Is the Fed Chair driving workers into poverty? Professor Richard Wolff joins Thom Hartmann to discuss how even owning a car, could become a luxury American workers can't afford. Author Larry Beinhart on his recently released novel, "The Deal Goes Down."See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 386. I was a guest on Toward Anarchy with host Michael Storm on July 3, 2022. His shownotes (Youtube channel): Anarchist, Author, Lawyer, Electrical Engineer, Stephan Kinsella discusses the Economics and Morality of Intellectual Property with me. We'll get into the value, subjective and objective, of Crypto-Currencies, NFTs and other Digital things. Find out more about Stephan and dive into the large body of work he has from books to audio and video on topics from the law to economics to social issues and of course Intellectual Property at StephanKinsella.com. Continue your trip down the Kinsella information highway at Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom where you can find a growing collection of work aimed at proving the government impedes innovation and creativity with laws and taxes and regulations and all manner of interventions into our personal and economic lives. Related: A Selection of my Best Articles and Speeches on IP Aggression and Property Rights Plank in the Libertarian Party Platform KOL274 | Nobody Owns Bitcoin (PFS 2019) Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 386. I was a guest on Toward Anarchy with host Michael Storm on July 3, 2022. His shownotes (Youtube channel): Anarchist, Author, Lawyer, Electrical Engineer, Stephan Kinsella discusses the Economics and Morality of Intellectual Property with me. We'll get into the value, subjective and objective, of Crypto-Currencies, NFTs and other Digital things. Find out more about Stephan and dive into the large body of work he has from books to audio and video on topics from the law to economics to social issues and of course Intellectual Property at StephanKinsella.com. Continue your trip down the Kinsella information highway at Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom where you can find a growing collection of work aimed at proving the government impedes innovation and creativity with laws and taxes and regulations and all manner of interventions into our personal and economic lives. Related: A Selection of my Best Articles and Speeches on IP Aggression and Property Rights Plank in the Libertarian Party Platform KOL274 | Nobody Owns Bitcoin (PFS 2019) Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation

Tonight we continue our discussion and look at part 2 of Roe vs Wade recently overturned case. This is for education use only and does not refelct the views of the host or New Evolution Radio Network

VLOG: #Allianz plea highlights dubious corporate personhood, bank fraudster Shin takes stand, Fed on BoM-BotW; @LaCroix_UN lies about UN rapes, @USUN / Blinken has yet to hold UN accountable

Greenpeace just released a report this week aptly titled : Dollars vs. Democracy: Companies and the Attack on Voting Rights and Peaceful Protest. This report details how large corporations are bankrolling the majority of anti-democracy bills being pushed in state legislatures all over the country. These bills all have a few things in common, they not only suppress the voting power of minorities, but they also criminalize voting rights activities and peaceful protest, with severe penalties often at the felony level.  Let's expose these corporate entities and their corporate attorneys 'aiding and abetting' this attack on democratic rule. 

We talked about rights of nature a bit in the Ecuador-Chevron season, the Latin American country was the first in the world to integrate the concept of rights of nature in its Constitution. Now the Constitutional Court is reviewing its first rights of nature case. U.S. communities are pursuing the idea as well, and the fossil fuel industry is trying to block rights of nature laws from ever passing. Josh Boaz Pribanic and Melissa Troutman, co-founders of Public Herald join to talk about their new documentary on the rights of nature, Invisible Hand. Check out Invisible Hand: https://www.invisiblehandfilm.com/premiere/

Weekly Criminal Law Podcast, Tales from the Brown Desk, brought to you by Rigney Law LLC. Tales from the Brown Desk is a free flowing conversation involving two foul-mouthed attorneys. It may include graphic descriptions of sexual activity, violence, and traffic law. It may not be suitable for children. Listener discretion advised.Episode 25. In this episode, Indianapolis criminal defense attorneys, Jacob Rigney and Kassi Rigney, talk about theft, burglary, and robbery and the differences between them. We also talk about corporate personhood and how a pharmaceutical company recently pled guilty to criminal charges, and of course the latest Florida Man news.

Enjoy this episode of the Thursday Morning Report with Jamie Lee and CELDF representative Mary Margill as we discuss the Transition Towns movement, Community rights and the Rights of Nature as potential solutions to combat the protections afforded to corporations through the legal concept of Corporate Personhood.

California's PG&E just plead guilty to killing more than 80 Americans- how is that corporations can be a person when it comes to free speech, but not a person when it comes to legal liability?

Progressive radio host Thom Hartmann—author of "Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human RIghts"—joins Democracy Nerd to discuss how corporations have claimed 'human rights' under the U.S. Constitution along with the political dangers posed by corporate personhood.

Anne Tucker, associate professor of law at Georgia State University, joins the Business Scholarship Podcast Citizens United at 10 podcast symposium to discuss her work on Citizens United and the decision's implications for corporate law, money in politics, and American democracy. Works discussed include Flawed Assumptions: A Corporate Law Analysis of Free Speech and Corporate Personhood in Citizens United, Rational Coercion: Citizens United and a Modern Day Prisoner's Dilemma, The Citizen Shareholder: Modernizing the Agency Paradigm to Reflect How and Why a Majority of Americans Invest in the Market, and Locked In: The Competitive Disadvantage of Citizen Shareholders. In addition to discussing her scholarship, Tucker reflects on the tenth anniversary of Citizens United, including what's surprised her, what hasn't, and what she is watching over the next ten years.This episode is hosted by Andrew Jennings, a teaching fellow and lecturer in law at Stanford Law School.

Champions of the DowntroddenKen's guest is David Osborne, president, co-founder, and general counsel of the Fairness Center in Harrisburg, a nonprofit, public interest law firm that provides free legal services to those hurt by public-sector union officials.What “sticks in Ken's craw” this week is corporate personhood..Guest Toastmaster Narrator: Michael FerryGuest Toastmaster Cohort: Dodie Preston Found in this episode:What's in the Mail Bag?·  DOZENS of Libertarian electoral victories!·  The plans of one of those elected Libertarians·  Are Libertarians on the political left or the political right – or someplace else?A Conversation with David Osborne ·  Is the choice to pay union dues or get fired?·  Trapping employees in unions via "maintenance of membership" policies·  Did David's Supreme Court victories end such nonsense?What Sticks in Ken's Craw?  Corporate Personhood ·  “Corporations are people, my friend?”  Yeah, right.·  Sullying the Pennsylvania Constitution with corporate nonsense·  Why are corporate officers above the law?·  End corporate personhood!More Information:Guests:Fairness Center: https://www.fairnesscenter.orgCommercials:Amendment 16:http://AmendmentSixteen.comFreedom Financial Tax: 866-401-1090Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania:http://LpPa.orgIron Will Tattoo Club:https://ironwilltattoo.clubSteven Werley Digital Marketing:https://www.stevenwerley.comToastmasters International:http://toastmasters.org 

An issue almost exclusive to third world countries: Is corporate humanity the solution to ending the ongoing cycle of the exploitation of rights, by corporations, amongst people and the environment in these countries? Inspired by a Ted Talk by Dr. Luks titled "Corporate Personhood to Corporate Humanity." Hosted by Zara-Lily Whittaker.

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We are back! The crew returns with professor Joel Bakan from UBC. He is a professor in corporate law and takes us on a journey of explanation as to how corporations became legal persons under the law. What is the history? What are the ramifications of such a judgement? Is there a way out of this predicament? Should we re-think capitalism? http://www.joelbakan.com/ Nancy gives us a top 10 of places to ride your motorcycle and we learn that exorcisms can be a part of your work duties...

Corporations are people. Money is free speech. The world is perverse. Make arts and crafts at Hobby Lobby and have sex in unique orifices as contraception. Oh yeah, and get Fingered! 

On this episode of Court Appointed, Mike and Tommy discuss Corporate personhood ............ What ?? That's what I said !!! When is a corporation not a corporation ......... When it's a person and it has more rights than you !!! The Court is now in Session with music, "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" by MCRB.

David Cobb is a lawyer and co-founder of Move to Amend, a coalition dedicated to winning a constitutional amendment to firmly establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights. He has sued corporate polluters, lobbied elected officials, run for political office himself, and been arrested for non-violent civil disobedience. He believes we must use every tool available to effect the systemic social change we so desperately need. In 2002, David ran for Attorney General of Texas, pledging to use the office to revoke the charters of corporations that repeatedly violate health, safety, and environmental laws. In 2004, he ran for President of the United States on the Green Party ticket and successfully campaigned for the Ohio recount. At the AHA's 2015 Annual Conference in Denver, David discussed the legal doctrine of "corporate constitutional rights" and the idea that money should be treated as speech. He contended that these illegitimate, irrational, court-created concepts have allowed a small ruling elite to hijack the social, political, and economic institutions of this country. He described the growing efforts of Move to Amend, a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, intergenerational mass movement demanding a constitutional amendment to abolish these doctrines. David also made the case that humanists are uniquely positioned to attack and discredit these concepts. He provided concrete ways members of the AHA might get involved as individuals or through their existing local chapters. In this week's show, we bring you the audio from David's speech to introduce him and his ideas to a broader audience.

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 211. My interview on the Wake Up Call podcast, Episode 44: Corporations and the Corporate Form. From the shownotes page: Episode Summary Stephan Kinsella joins Adam Camac and Daniel Laguros to discuss corporations and the corporate form, common objections, and state interventions in the area.   Related Articles 1. In Defense of the Corporation by Stephan Kinsella (October 27, 2005) 2. Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation by Stephan Kinsella (October 18, 2011) Books Mentioned 1. Against Intellectual Property by Stephan Kinsella 2. In Defense of the Corporation by Robert Hessen Related Interview 1. KOL170: Tom Woods Show: Are Corporations Unlibertarian? (January 24, 2015) Previous Appearance 24. The Nature of Property and Problems with Intellectual Property Laws with Stephan Kinsella (Wednesday, March 30, 2016)

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 211. My interview on the Wake Up Call podcast, Episode 44: Corporations and the Corporate Form. From the shownotes page: Episode Summary Stephan Kinsella joins Adam Camac and Daniel Laguros to discuss corporations and the corporate form, common objections, and state interventions in the area.   Related Articles 1. In Defense of the Corporation by Stephan Kinsella (October 27, 2005) 2. Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation by Stephan Kinsella (October 18, 2011) Books Mentioned 1. Against Intellectual Property by Stephan Kinsella 2. In Defense of the Corporation by Robert Hessen Related Interview 1. KOL170: Tom Woods Show: Are Corporations Unlibertarian? (January 24, 2015) Previous Appearance 24. The Nature of Property and Problems with Intellectual Property Laws with Stephan Kinsella (Wednesday, March 30, 2016)

Show #97, Hour 2 | Guest: Dr. Vivian Carpenter is a writer, motivational speaker, and teacher. She holds three degrees from the University of Michigan: a BSE in industrial engineering and operations research and MBA and a Ph.D. In business administration. As an academic, she has won several awards and grants for her scholarly work in institutional theory from the National Science Foundation, Governmental Accounting Standards Board, Kellogg Foundation and Ford Foundation. As a business professional, she served as a Deputy State Treasurer of the State of Michigan, was Director of Academic Programs at FAMU’s School of Business and Industry (SBI), and served as chairperson of the board of MotorCity Casino in Detroit, Michigan. She lives in Tallahassee, Florida and Birmingham, Michigan. | Show Summary: In her novel The Fifth Letter, Dr. Vivian Carpenter shows how Corporate Personhood is an evolving—and dangerous—threat to our individual basic rights. An accomplished scholar whose previous research was founded by The National Science Foundation and The Ford Foundation, Dr. Carpenter channels her platform to the U.S. Citizens through a riveting account of what could happen if this issue stays under the radar. Book description: What happens when a liberal Black female justice of the Supreme Court is caught between her conscience and the call of political expedience? Associate Supreme Court Justice Katherine Helena Ross, the first black female on the U.S. Supreme Court, gains the power to remove a conservative justice from the bench. Her quandary brings her face to face with a most urgent moral and judicial issue: who is a person with inalienable legal rights in America? Justice Ross struggles to do what is right, as her mother’s 1940s memoir influences her actions and emotions.

Reading by Lawrence Gostin, JD, author of The ACA’s Contraceptive Mandate: Religious Freedom, Women’s Health, and Corporate Personhood

THE DAILY EVOLVER LIVE EPISODE 88 This week I focused on a topic that is always front and center in the culture wars: the role of the public sector and the private sector in our lives, and the tension between the two. One story that captures this tension in the U.S. is the Supreme Court hearing of the complaint by Hobby Lobby, a chain of retail stores, seeking an exemption from having to provide “morning after” contraceptives in its employee health care plan under the new terms of Obamacare. The founder of Hobby Lobby, David Green, is a devout Christian who donates half the company's pre-tax earnings — $500 million so far — to evangelical ministry.  An amber traditionalist at heart (though clearly an orange modernist in his ability to build a very successful business), Green specifically objects to birth-control medications such as “Plan B” that would destroy a fertilized egg. This detail is often missed in media reports which represent the company as objecting to providing any contraception whatsoever. In fact, they are objecting only to the class of “morning after” contraceptives, which they consider to be a form of abortion. As integral practitioners, let's pause for a moment and enter the worldview of conservative Christians (amber altitude) which is radically different than the worldview of those of us who have become secular at heart. For them the world is an enchanted creation of Almighty God. Likewise, life itself is a gift from God and only God can create it. Being faithful means that we are grateful when God sparks a new life into being, and we joyfully make room. To do otherwise would be to disobey God. At the amber altitude the battle cry is “God and Country,” with God coming in first and country second. Humanity is corrupted, fallen, and although we have to “give unto Caesar what is Caesar’s,” the ultimate purpose of life is to be righteous and holy under a Law that supersedes the puny laws of man. It makes perfect sense: to whom are you going to owe your primary allegiance, the crowd in Washington or the Creator of the universe? If you are a child of God living in His enchanted creation, that decision is easy. A similar issue surfaced in a recent controversy out of Arizona, where the legislature passed a law defending the “religious freedom” of private businesses to, for instance, deny to bake a cake for a gay wedding. In this case the Republican governor vetoed the legislation. The reason? There was too much blowback from the secular business community, who feared an economic boycott of the state, particularly the upcoming Super Bowl scheduled in Phoenix next year. So it turns out that the dollar is almighty too! In fact one of the most potent evolutionary forces in modern culture is the trumping of money over traditional ideology (orange altitude over amber altitude). As a result of the Arizona outcome, similar initiatives promoting this conservative brand of religious freedom in other states have been seriously undermined. This question of corporate personhood shows up in other cases as well, most notably the Supreme Court case Citizens United, which lifted the limit corporations and labor unions can donate to independent political groups. HOW THE PRIVATE SECTOR EMERGED For most of human history, of course, there was no such thing as a private sector. The tribal elders (in the magenta altitude), the warlord (in red altitude) or the king (in the amber altitude) could control your life in whatever way they saw fit. In the middle ages, we saw the gradual emergence of charters given to various guilds who could exert some independent control over their trade: blacksmiths, farmers, weavers, barrel makers – even executioners! In the 1500s we saw the emergence of mercantilism, the creation of the first great companies including the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company. These were important emergents in that they incorporated multiple shareholders who enjoyed a limited liability into a larger whole. It wasn’t until the late 1700s, with the emergence of mature modernist thinking (orange altitude), that Adam Smith, and other economists began laying out the theoretical justification for a completely new emergent in cultural ecology: the private sector. Fundamental to the modern private sector is the principle of the “legal person”: incorporations of people that have the right to operate in the public sphere as if they were an individual person. They have the right to own things, to buy and sell, and to enter into contracts with each other under the safeguards of a legal system that recognizes the fundamental sovereignty of the people, not the government. It’s an amazing evolutionary achievement of humanity! The history of corporations is an evolutionary tale of increasing consciousness and care. Corporations stopped selling slaves in the 1860's, stopped working children in the 1940's and stopped racial discrimination in the 1960's. They have drastically increased workplace safety and reduced pollution. And in each of these cases they were forced to by the public sector. Today’s corporations are well civilized, by any historical standard. But not nearly civilized enough, according to the green, postmodern left, for whom the very idea of corporate personhood is repulsive. The green altitude's antipathy towards big business is evolutionarily right on schedule as green is emerging out of the orange altitude, which is the home of corporate thinking. Green sees the downsides of the corporate mindset that puts money above all else. The project of green is to put the brakes on the rampant growth ethic of business, which is a threat to a finite global ecosystem, and to redistribute the wealth capitalist system to those who have been left out. In contrast, Amber traditionalists have antipathy towards big government, a position that also makes perfect sense when viewed evolutionarily. Amber traditionalism is emerging out of the brutalities of Red, where the King's men could come and take anything they wanted, including your daughter. The project of Amber is to create order in the culture at large and in peoples' individual psyches, a project that is articulated in documents such as the Ten Commandments and the Buddhist Eightfold Path. As integralists we want to bring forth the best of all of these worldviews, and to realize that the contention between the systems is the source of their evolutionary power.  The public sector and private sector provide the two poles out of which a new synthesis emerges, a synthesis that is not a compromise or murky middle, but a new emergent that takes on the best qualities of both. We are seeing this happen as corporations begin to civilize themselves. The classic Milton Friedman definition of corporate mission being to create profits for their shareholders is becoming passé among leading edge business thinkers. Prominent among these is John Mackey, CEO and founder of Whole Foods Markets, an 11 billion-dollar company, and who with Raj Sisodia has founded Conscious Capitalism, an organization promoting evolutionary business management based on four key principles: Higher Purpose: what the company is dedicated to doing beyond just making a profit. Conscious Leadership: the leader functions as a servant of the purpose of the organization and of the people she or he is leading. Stakeholder Orientation: the organization exists not just to serve the stockholders, but all the shareholders who are essential for the company to succeed: employees, customers, suppliers, funders, supportive communities and a life-sustaining ecosystem. Conscious Culture: a focus on “we” not “I”, which builds trust between a company's team members and its other stakeholders. In an essay in the Harvard Business Review, Mackey explains Conscious Capitalism further: The word “conscious” has many connotations for people. We define it as being mindful and awake, seeing reality as it is rather than as we wish it to be, recognizing and being accountable for all the consequences of our actions, having a better sense of what is right and what is wrong, rejecting violence as a way to solve problems and being in harmony with nature. We [therefore] hold these truths to be self-evident: business is good because it creates value, it is ethical because it is based on voluntary exchange, it is noble because it can elevate our existence and it is heroic because it lifts people out of poverty and creates prosperity. Free enterprise capitalism is the most powerful system for social cooperation and human progress ever conceived. It is one of the most compelling ideas we humans have ever had. But we can aspire to even more. On the public sector side of the street we also see a new synthesis made up of ideas and practices that have been taken from the private sector: entrepreneurship. For instance, charter schools inject a spirit of creativity, entrepreneurship and customization to an public education system that has become hidebound. We've discussed this in previous Daily Evolver episodes, particularly #85. So relax: the contention between the public and private sectors is supposed to be happening. Neither side is going to win or lose. Their natural struggle has brought us a long way and promises to take us further as new, more integral structures emerge. Listen or download here. Need some help to listen on your mobile device? Click here.

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 115. I was interviewed back in May 2012 by Redmond Weissenberger, Director of the Ludwig von Mises Institute of Canada. We had a long-ranging discussion of the issue of corporations and limited liability, and we touched on other issues as well including causation and responsibility and the praxeological structure of human action; intellectual property; gay marriage and language; human rights as property rights, and free speech; corporate size and international trade in a free society, vs. left-libertarian claims to the contrary; nuclear power, energy, and environmentalists; eminent domain and the Keystone pipeline; Peter Klein and Murray Rothbard on the calculation problem and the upper limit to the firm; state monopolies versus the market; and practical and moral aspects of tax evasion and tax avoidance. For background on some of the issues discussed, see my post Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation; also Causation and Aggression and California Gay Marriage Law Overturned: What Should Libertarians Think?; Peter Klein's chapter “Economic Calculation and the Limits of Organization,” in The Capitalist and the Entrepreneur: Essays on Organizations and Markets; The Effects of Patent and Copyright on Hollywood Movies; Leveraging IP. For some more recent discussions of the corporation issue, see these podcasts: KOL100 | The Role of the Corporation and Limited Liability In a Free Society (PFS 2013) and KOL 026 | FreeDomain Radio with Stefan Molyneux discussing Corporations and Limited Liability.

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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 100. Note: Also podcast at PFP116. This is my speech at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society (Sept. 22, 2013, Bodrum, Turkey). The video and slides are below. See also the Q&A panel [PFP117], which contains several interchanges between me and Sean Gabb about this issue. See also Sean Gabb's article Stephan Kinsella on Limited Liability: Notes of a Speech Made to the 2013 Meeting in Bodrum of the Property and Freedom Society, to which I intend to reply at a later time. For background, see: Kinsella, Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation; In Defense of the Corporation Robert Hessen, In Defense of the Corporation (Hoover 1978) Firms: google various recent Mises University lectures by Peter Klein on the theory of the firm Yaron Brook, “The Corporation” (Ayn Rand Institute, 2007) KOL 026 | FreeDomain Radio with Stefan Molyneux discussing Corporations and Limited Liability Stephan Kinsella, "The Role of the Corporation and Limited Liability In a Free Society" from Property & Freedom Society on Vimeo.

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 026. This is FreeDomain Radio episode 2336, in which host Stefan Molyneux and I discussed libertarian aspects of corporations and limited liability law. (Originally recorded Feb. 22, 2013, released by FDR on Feb. 26.) For more on this issue see my Libertarian Standard post Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation; and KOL100 | The Role of the Corporation and Limited Liability In a Free Society (PFS 2013).

Brian is back in the house!  After a 3+ year absence, Dave's Dad rejoins the show, along with Nina and Melyssa.  Oh yeah, and Dave.  We talk about Brian's home base of Arizona, Dave's hair, a safety dance flash mob and Corporate Personhood.  If you're in the Rochester area, dont' forget to stop by the awesomest event on August 8th about outlawing corporate personhood.  So what are the two things Dave's dad taught him about?  Uh, look at the title of the show, Dude. Music: Dave Stewart - Worth The Wating For Joss Stone - Landlord Sam Fedele And Friend - Stop the Money Big Country - The Selling of America

On the September 21, 2010 edition of Tell Somebody, Craig Holman, public affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen speaks on the effect that the January, 2010 court decision is on the Citizens United v FEC case is already having on campaign spending disclosure, and we'll also hear from David Arkush, director of Public Citizen's congress watch group, about the appointment of Elizabeth Warren as an advisor to President Obama on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.  Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose save target as to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.  You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or your podcast directory.  Sents comments or questions to mail@tellsomebody.us      

At the top of the hour, contemporary shaman, Jon Rasmussen, will discuss prophecies which speak to the fall of the Masculine Warrior dominance culture and a return to a healthy, sustainable and peaceful culture of the Powerful Feminine. Jon will discuss how shaman like him facilitate the healing of wounds and the changing of myths and beliefs to accomplish this return to "The Garden", various spiritual and healing modalities contributing to this shift and we might best prepare and navigate this evolutionary leap both internally and externally. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOUR, Activist, Marine Biologist and Author, Riki Ott, PhD will speak about her experiences dealing with the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill and her campaign to amend the U.S. Constitution to abolish Corporate Personhood which is already showing how it will devastate our democracy. She will explain the illegitimate notion that a corporation can claim political and civil rights to overturn democratically enacted laws. She is the author of Sound Truth & Corporate Myths: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill and Not One Drop: Promises, Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. She is the founder of three nonprofit organizations that deal with lingering harm from man-made environmental disasters.

Laird Monahan talks about why he and his brother Robin are walking across the country from California to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC hoping to raise awareness of the need to amend the US Constitution to overturn the recent Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United v Federal Election Commission case.  There is also some audio from a protest at the Kansas City nuclear weapons plant and more. To hear the audio, click on the .mp3 filename below, or to save a copy of the file to your computer, right click on the filename and choose "save target as." comments or questions? send an email to mail@tellsomebody.us Tom Klammer www.tellsomebody.us

Sam talks about: * Corporate Political Speech * Stoopid Democrats

Radio host/author Thom Hartmann joins Nicole Sandler to discuss the idea of "corporate personhood" and how it came to be.

Corporate personhood is an ancient legal custom tracing back to Roman law, whereby a corporation is legally considered a person. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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