{"product_id":"the-meaning-of-property-freedom-community-and-the-legal-imagination-paperback","title":"The Meaning of Property: Freedom, Community, and the Legal Imagination - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJedediah Purdy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFor Common Things\u003c\/i\u003e, a brilliant and ambitious rethinking of the meaning of property in democratic society\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In his latest book, Jedediah Purdy takes up a question of deep and lasting importance: why is property ownership a value to society? His answer returns us to the foundations of American society and enables us to interpret the writings of the patron saint of liberal economics, Adam Smith, in a wholly new light.\u003cp\u003eUnlike Milton Friedman and other free-market scholars, who consider property a key to efficient markets, Purdy draws upon Smith's theories to argue that the virtues of wealth are social rather than economic. In Purdy's view, ownership does much more than shield one from government interference. Property shapes social life in ways that bring us closer to, or take us farther from, the ideal of a community of free and equal members. This view of property is neither libertarian nor communitarian but treats the community as the precondition of individual freedom. This view informed U.S. law in the early days of the republic, Purdy writes, and it is one that we need to restore today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTouching upon some of the most charged issues in American politics and law, including slavery, inheritance, international development, and climate change, \u003ci\u003eThe Meaning of Property\u003c\/i\u003e offers a compelling new view of property and freedom and enriches our understanding of democratic society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJedediah Purdy\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of law at Duke Law School and has taught law at Yale and Harvard. He is a fellow at the New America Foundation, an affiliated scholar at the Center for American Progress, and a contributing editor at the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Prospect\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.96 x 5.89 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45310812389478,"sku":"9780300171440","price":80.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/bi92TGhkQjBMMHdoMnhwRGNSNUFoUT09.webp?v=1774255835","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-meaning-of-property-freedom-community-and-the-legal-imagination-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}