EAN: 9780525565505

MINE! - MICHAEL A HELLER JAMES SALZMAN KARTONIE...

Mine” is one of the first words babies learn  and by the time we grow up  the idea of ownership
seems natural  whether we are buying a cup of coffee or a house. But who controls the space
behind your airplane seat: you  reclining  or the squished laptop user behind you? Why is
plagiarism wrong  but it’s okay to knock off a recipe or a dress design? And after a snowstorm
why does a chair in the street hold your parking space in Chicago  while in New York you lose
both the space and the chair? In Mine!  Michael Heller and James Salzman  two of the world’s
leading authorities on ownership  explain these puzzles and many more. Remarkably  they reveal
there are just six simple rules that everyone uses to claim everything. Owners choose the rule
that steers us to do what they want. But we can pick differently. This is true not just for
airplane seats  but also for battles over digital privacy  climate change  and wealth
inequality. Mine! draws on mind-bending  often infuriating  and always fascinating accounts
from business  history  courtrooms  and everyday life to reveal how the rules of ownership
control our lives and shape our world.

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