About this episode

The episode discusses the complexities of possession and ownership in contemporary society and its implications for private property advocates.

“Possession is 9/10ths of the law”, or so the saying goes. But in our contemporary lives and world, we often don’t have physical control or possession of the things that we think we own. And we do possess a lot of things that we don’t own, on some version of a subscription model. What’s going on here? Is this a good development? What does this mean for advocates of a private property based economic system, and why should we care? Join the Gwartney team for a fruitful discussion of our ever-more-intricate world.

People in this episode

Host: Gwartney Institute

Topics covered

• property rights
• possession
• subscription models
• private property
• economic systems

Keywords

• possession
• ownership
• private property
• subscription model
• economic discussion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gwartney team

Books & works: Property and Possession

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