Hey, whadda ya know?
Author: Timothy Sandefur
This is unintentionally hilarious:
How can we most effectively weaken property rights…? [F]raming property as bundles of rights and forewarning of limitations weakens perceptions of ownership and decreases resistance to subsequent restrictions…. The potential applications of this research to property theory are numerous. Legislators, judges, and regulatory agencies craft legal measures that respond to, or even capitalize on, strong, pre-existing frames of citizen-owners.
Yep, I’d say that’s about right!
(HT: RSR)
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