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MINE: How the Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives

MINE: How the Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives

Update: 2021-06-02
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Ownership is simple, right? Something is either yours or it isn’t. Case closed. But who owns the space behind your airplane seat, the results of the DNA you took online, the Netflix password you got from your cousin’s roommate? The jury's still out, according to law professors Michael Heller and James Salzman. That’s because ownership isn’t binary or static: it’s a storytelling exercise, and we rely on just six stories to claim everything we own. In this revelatory conversation, Michael and James explain how those stories work, how you can use them to your advantage, and why they might be key to dismantling income inequality and arresting climate change.

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MINE: How the Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives

MINE: How the Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives

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