Mine How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives (PDF) (Print)

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?