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

Name: Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives
Brand: Doubleday
SKU: 9780385547444
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Rating: 5.0 (4 reviews)

Heller, Michael A.

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Publisher: Doubleday

ISBN: 9780385547444

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.

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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