The Economic Way of Thinking 13th Edition by David Prychitko, Peter Boettke, Paul Heyne

Exercise 4

What are the property-rights claims that are in conflict in each of the cases described here? How would you prefer that they be resolved (assuming that you are an impartial observer)?
(a) Owners of motorcycles want to remove their mufflers to obtain more efficient engine performance, but the law limits the noise that any motorcycle may emit.
(b) A group wants to prohibit billboards along rural highways, but farmers claim they have a right to erect any kind of sign they want on their own property.
(c) A Missouri state legislator introduces a bill making it a crime to blow your nose in a loud or offensive manner in a restaurant.
(d) A Connecticut state legislator proposes a bill that would ban the throwing of rice at weddings on the grounds that uncooked rice is unhealthful for birds.
(e) Restaurant owners want to exclude people whose dress doesn't satisfy certain standards. (Should this be legal?)
(f) People who never bathe want to use city buses. People who never brush or comb their hair want to sit and stroll in public parks. (Should the unwashed be barred from the buses? The unkempt banned from the parks?)