Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-188) and index.
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Abuse of rights, abuse of people -- Without me, without you : cooperation and scarcity -- The benefit of another's pains : original acquisition and parasitic action -- Clamshell rent? Use, usurpation, and usury -- S(h)elling labor : the right to work -- Against real unfreedom : equality and neutrality.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The author explores how traditional theories of economic justice, both from the libertarian right and the egalitarian left, have failed to appreciate the objection against exploitative behaviour that would be possible through the exercise of property rights. This underlies the plea for a unconditional basic income.