Who Owns America?: A New Declaration of IndependenceHerbert Agar, Allen Tate ISI Books, 1999 - 450 pages "It was a radical statement in 1936 and remains one at the end of the twentieth century. How should a republic exercise power over its citizens? How may economic goods be justly distributed? What status should the small farm have in the life of a nation? By what means may family life be rendered stable? What is the economic role of women in a free society? These are just some of the issues raised, and answered in unique ways, in this book. |
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Page 110
... effective owner- ship . The drift of my argument is that there is a point at which effective ownership ceases , although the legal fictions sustain- ing " property " may hold that beyond that point ownership endures . Effective ...
... effective owner- ship . The drift of my argument is that there is a point at which effective ownership ceases , although the legal fictions sustain- ing " property " may hold that beyond that point ownership endures . Effective ...
Page 113
... effective ownership ? It is not a metaphysical essence . Unlike liberty it is not a thing of the spirit . Common sense can recognize it . The effective ownership of property entails per- sonal responsibility for the use which is made of ...
... effective ownership ? It is not a metaphysical essence . Unlike liberty it is not a thing of the spirit . Common sense can recognize it . The effective ownership of property entails per- sonal responsibility for the use which is made of ...
Page 121
... effective as he finds possible at present in a society paralyzed by the destruction of effective ownership , by the divorce of owner- ship from control . Now , it is said that this state of affairs existing between the immortal ...
... effective as he finds possible at present in a society paralyzed by the destruction of effective ownership , by the divorce of owner- ship from control . Now , it is said that this state of affairs existing between the immortal ...
Contents
A FORGOTTEN AMERICAN CLASSIC | ix |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | xli |
David Cushman Coyle | 9 |
Copyright | |
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