On the primacy of economic property rights
回应Bart Wilson关于所有权是抽象概念的观点,指出其大部分论点已被经济财产权概念涵盖,Wilson的困惑源于对这一概念的忽视。
Abstract Bart Wilson suggests that economists interested in property rights have it all backwards when they define ownership as a bundle of rights. Rather he argues that ownership comes first in the form of an abstract concept. I claim there is a small element of truth to this, but the bulk of what he argues is already understood through the concept of economic property rights. Wilson's consternation is mostly the result of a failure to appreciate this latter concept.