Private Property

List of Readings

St. Thomas Aquinas

St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, Blackfriars, London, 1975.

Saint Augustine of Hippo

Saint Augustine of Hippo. “Possessions Become Good through the Goodness of their Possessors.” In Social Thought. Vol. 20. Edited by Peter C. Phan. Wilmington, Del.: Michael Glazer, Inc., 1984.

Bastiat, Frederic

Bastiat, Frederic. The Law. Irvington-on-Hudson: Foundation for Economic Education, Inc., 1996 [1850].
Bastiat, Frederic. “Property and Law.” In Selected Essays on Political Economy. Toronto: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1964.

Chrysostom, Saint John

Saint John Chrysostom. “On the Social Function of Property,” “On the Duty of the Rich.” In Social Thought. Vol. 20. Edited by Peter C. Phan. Wilmington, Del.: Michael Glazer, Inc., 1984.

Habiger, Matthew

Habiger, Matthew. Papal Teaching on Private Property, 1891-1981. New York: University Press of America , 1990.

Leo XIII

Leo XIII. Encyclical Letter Rerum Novarum (1891).

Menger, Carl

Menger, Carl. Principles of Economics. Grove City, Penn.: Libertarian Press, Inc., 1994.

Mises, Ludwig von

Mises, Ludwig von. “Liberty and Property.” Commercial and Financial Chronicle, 1958.

Pipes, Richard

Pipes, Richard. Property and Freedom. Vintage Books, 2000.

Smith, Adam

Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1938 [1778].

Soto, Hernando de

de Soto, Hernando. The Mystery of Capital. New York: Basic Books, 2000.