Do Property Rights Presuppose Scarcity?
There is a common view, dating back at least to Hume, that property rights presuppose scarcity. This paper is a critical examination of that thesis. In addition to questioning the thesis, the paper highlights the need to divorce the debate over this thesis from the debate over Intellectual Property...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer
2014
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2014, Volume: 125, Issue: 3, Pages: 531-537 |
Further subjects: | B
Ownership
B Emerging technologies B Intellectual Property B Scarcity B Property |
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