AXIOM. - Property is the Right of Increase claimed by the Proprietor over any thing which he has stamped as his own.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Property rights allow owners to claim increases in value from their possessions.
- In plain terms
- Owners claim the right to gain more from what they own.
- What can you take from it?
- Understand how property rights enable profit claims.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What rights do owners truly have?
- How is value defined?
Another view
The term 'right of increase' is not clearly defined here.
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