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Feb 24
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314. Principles of Economics Lecture 5: ...

Dr. Saifedean Ammous
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Fifth lecture of Principles of Economics explains property as the only workable solution to the problem of scarcity, how ownership prevents conflict, the logic of self-ownership, and how secure property rights enable saving, capital formation, peaceful cooperation & civilizational advance. Get all course notes and slides on saifedean.com/poecourse 
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