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Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives

Author: Heller, Michael A.
ISBN: 9780385547444
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Publisher,Doubleday
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Format, Paperback
Weight, 420 g
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"Mine" is one of the first words babies learn. By the time we grow up, the idea of ownership seems natural, whether buying a cup of coffee or a house. But who controls the space behind your airplane seat: you reclining or the squished laptop user behind? Why is plagiarism wrong, but it's okay to knock-off a recipe or a dress design? And after a snowstorm, why does a chair in the street hold your parking space in Chicago, but in New York you lose the space and the chair?

Mine! explains these puzzles and many more. Surprisingly, there are just six simple stories that everyone uses to claim everything. Owners choose the story that steers us to do what they want. But we can always pick a different story. This is true not just for airplane seats, but also for battles over digital privacy, climate change, and wealth inequality. As Michael Heller and James Salzman show--in the spirited style of Freakonomics, Nudge, and Predictably Irrational--ownership is always up for grabs.

With stories that are eye-opening, mind-bending, and sometimes infuriating, Mine! reveals the rules of ownership that secretly control our lives.

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Angel Lee
Grab my attention from the start till the end.

I started the book in mind wanting to know more about the topic as I've read some review beforehand. Through the halfway, I can't help but exclaimed - THIS IS SO GOOD. INTRIGUING. EYE-OPENING. MIND-BLOWING. Written in witty style is even like cherry on top.

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Rohani binti To'
Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives

Very interesting read. Gets you into the mindset of how people think about ownership and introduces some of the legal concerns around it. Great for anyone that likes to think.

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Chen Lena
Mine!: How The Hidden Rules Of Ownership Control Our Lives

Very interesting and well written. Get mote ideas or tips how rules can be be made. Well sufficient to everyone to read this book.

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Muhamad Aiman Aizuddin Bin Ali
Knowledge

This is one of the most fascinating, thought-provoking books that I've read in a long time, and I couldn't put it down. Who technically owns digital media once you hit the "buy" button? Who own's the space around a seat on a plane? The recliner or the person with the leg room? Who owns intellectual property and for how long and is it fair? Most of all, who profits from how ownership works? These are all questions asked in this book as well as much more. Heller and Salzman had me hooked by covering a wide range of topics regarding ownership that really had me thinking, and if you want to get your wheels turning, you need to get this book.

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Muhamad Aiman Aizuddin Bin Ali
Knowledge

This is one of the most fascinating, thought-provoking books that I've read in a long time, and I couldn't put it down. Who technically owns digital media once you hit the "buy" button? Who own's the space around a seat on a plane? The recliner or the person with the leg room? Who owns intellectual property and for how long and is it fair? Most of all, who profits from how ownership works? These are all questions asked in this book as well as much more. Heller and Salzman had me hooked by covering a wide range of topics regarding ownership that really had me thinking, and if you want to get your wheels turning, you need to get this book.