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Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives by James Salzman, Michael A. Heller
4.0
Clear, straightforward US law school primer explanation in chapter 6 on 1) the heir property issue and how it's the number one cause of dispossession of land ownership by Black people, 2) how lobbying around estate tax rules shaped popular perception of these rules. As of 2021, with spending on skilled estate planning counsel, estate taxes only certain* for people with estates valued at 23 million+. (* not truly certain, read book and consult lawyer for more details)
In some part, the authors take a a libertarian strong property rights perspective. Their perspective on the historical bass for property law is limited in region (British Commonwealth/US) and time (mostly from the formation of the US to recent US news and legal updates), but they make sweeping projections onto the rest of the world at times. They would benefit from cabining some of those projections onto other cultures as discussed in Graeber's and other anthropologists' works about what the historical and anthropological record shows and what's mystery. And conceptions of property prior to Locke, i.e. the existing cultural conversations that inspired Locke to issue a rebuttal.
Helpful discussions of Salzman's recent work related to property law and its use for ecosystem services.
In some part, the authors take a a libertarian strong property rights perspective. Their perspective on the historical bass for property law is limited in region (British Commonwealth/US) and time (mostly from the formation of the US to recent US news and legal updates), but they make sweeping projections onto the rest of the world at times. They would benefit from cabining some of those projections onto other cultures as discussed in Graeber's and other anthropologists' works about what the historical and anthropological record shows and what's mystery. And conceptions of property prior to Locke, i.e. the existing cultural conversations that inspired Locke to issue a rebuttal.
Helpful discussions of Salzman's recent work related to property law and its use for ecosystem services.
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
3.75
It's hard to spend this much time with an anti-hero, but R.F. Kuang does reward. As people who are like June simply will not clock the jabs, it's really for Asian diaspora readers, and I love R.F. Kuang for this. In a way, it feels cartoonishly simple in narrative style and structure, like a Scooby Doo episode, but it feels right given who June is.
These Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit by Hayan Charara
Did not finish book. Stopped at 41%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 41%.