The journey of a 1,000 miles
I expected to present the constraints on private property in two posts. Although readers may have quickly understood, I prattled on because they identify the obligations that come with the protection and benefits belonging...
The previous post (3.5) addressed the first two constraints on private property: (1) Foregone opportunities and (2) externalized costs (externalized negatives). This post addresses (3) The “Tragedy of the Commons”. I’ll cover (4) the...
Returning to Hobbes’ “war of all against all” emphasizes a basic point. Private property is a social invention. Without a community to support and defend private property, everything would belong to whomever is strong...
I’m easing back into the writing after the Holidays with chapter ten of the Tao Te Ching. For Lao Tsu, life had a natural flow, just as water flows downhill. Accepting water’s nature lets...
