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Property, asserts Richard Pipes, is an indispensable ingredient not only of economic progress but also of liberty and the rule of law. In his new book, the Harvard scholar demonstrates how, throughout history, private ownership has served as a barrier to the power of the state, enabling the Western world to evolve enduring democratic institutions.
However, he warns that contemporary trends in the treatment of property - in a century that, he suggests, has been unfavorable to the institution - threaten to undermine the rights of citizens. And he makes clear why he believes that excessive interference by government, even when intended to promote the "common good," could lead to a diminution of freedom.
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Propiedad y libertad: Dos conceptos inseparables a lo largo de la historia
Feb 2002, Turner, Fondo de Cultura Económica
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Property and freedom
2000, Vintage Books, a division of Random House
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"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf in 1999."-t.p. verso.
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