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In The Noblest Triumph, Tom Bethell
looks the the history of property rights and shows that
the key role played by the institution of private property
has been misunderstood by Western elites for over a century.
Beginning with the ancient Greeks and arriving at the present
day, Bethell looks at basic ideas about property found in
Plato, Adam Smith, Blackstone, Bentham, Marx, Mill and others.
He shows that the institution of property is inextricably
tied to traditional conceptions of justice and liberty,
and he argues that prosperity and civilization can only
arise where private property is securely held by the people.
The Noblest Triumph: Property and Prosperity
through the Ages is an indispensable book for anyone
interested in this fundamental aspect of civilization and
the progress of humankind through the ages.
Tom Bethell is the Washington correspondent
for The American Spectator and a visiting fellow
at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
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