The Gift Economy of Property
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For the basic details of the mechanism by which property might be gifted, let me just insert the argument from “What could justify property?”
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Proudhon, The Theory of Property — Chapter III (part 1 of 2)
[Here is a particular rough working translation of a particularly interesting section of The Theory of Property. Because it never underwent the careful final editing that Proudhon gave his published works, the text poses a […]
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To “property” via “mutual extrication”
I’ve been taking part in a C4SS-sponsored discussion of occupancy-and-use property norms, “Occupancy and Use: Potential Applications and Possible Shortcomings,” which is now appearing on the Center’s website. The exchange opened with a piece by […]
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Proudhon on Property (1846) – Part 4
THE SYSTEM OF ECONOMIC CONTRADICTIONS CHAPTER XI EIGHTH EPOCH.—PROPERTY [continued from Part 3] Of all the forms of property, the most detestable is that which has talent for a pretext. Prove to an artist, […]