ISBN: 0788197754 9780788197758

Category: Business & Economics / Economics / General

Page count: 378

What rights do we have to own & control private property (PP), secure from the intrusion of others? What is the basis of the law that secures PP for an individual? This book looks at the history of PP rights & shows that the key role played by the institution of PP has been misunderstood by Western elites for over a century. Beginning with the ancient Greeks & arriving at the present day, the book looks at basic ideas about PP found in Plato, Adam Smith, Blackstone, Bentham, Marx, Mill & others. It shows that the institution of PP is inextricably tied to traditional conceptions of justice & liberty, & it argues that prosperity & civilization can only arise where PP is securely held by the people.