Working Paper Number

14

Publication Date

2001

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Working Paper 14

Abstract

Society makes property. Economic systems are defined by what they allow to become property, and the extent of property varies enormously. Some allow property claims to fixed objects, such as land and trees, sometimes including the ephemeral, such as wildlife or flowing water. Some extend property to include ideas (patents); a few include human beings themselves as chattel slaves.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7275/1274380

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